MP sponsored travel failing to launch under new lobbying rules
Fifteen MPs travelled on a total of 19 sponsored trips last year, totalling more than $78,000 in comped expenses. This marks the second year of decline for junkets since the post-pandemic peak in 2023 and subsequent rule changes.
Sponsored travel by parliamentarians fell to its lowest level in nearly two decades in 2025, as tightened lobbying rules, geopolitical instability, and heightened concerns about foreign interference combined to curb what was once a common feature of MPs’ work.
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