42288 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Ethnic Communities

42288 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Ethnic Communities: How many international flights in total, if any, counting each leg of a journey as an individual flight, has each department or entity that the Minister is responsible for paid for in the period from November 27th 2023 to August 1st 2025; and what was the total cost broken down by month, destination, cabin class and the purpose of the flight?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised by the Ministry for Ethnic Communities that there have been four international flights taken between 27 November 2023 and 1 August 2025. The flights were from Sydney to Boston via Dallas Fort Worth and from Washington DC to Auckland via San Francisco. The total cost was $4,268.01. All flights were undertaken in March 2025 and were economy class. The purpose of the flights was for study and meetings with US officials.