Barnaby Joyce took $2,600 charter flight to stand alongside Nationals candidate at regional show

Nationals MP in his role as drought envoy billed taxpayers for Melbourne-Horsham return flight

Taxpayers spent $2,600 for Barnaby Joyce to charter a flight between Melbourne and Horsham to spend three hours at a regional show alongside Nationals candidate Anne Webster in the lead-up to the election, according to figures obtained from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority.

The flight, for a 299km trip each way, was claimed as part of Joyce's work as special envoy for the drought when he went to regional Victoria for a day trip to open the Wimmera Machinery Field Day.