Peter Dutton repeatedly charged taxpayers for flights coinciding with fundraisers

Exclusive: The travel, which was within parliamentary rules, coincided with fundraisers including those at a men-only club in Melbourne and a private home on Sydney's north shore

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Peter Dutton has repeatedly charged taxpayers for flights coinciding with intimate and exclusive fundraising events behind closed doors, including at a men-only club in Melbourne and a private home on Sydney's north shore.

These events, organised by party fundraising vehicles rather than politicians, have increased in frequency across the political spectrum as Labor and Liberal executives drum up cash for an expensive federal election campaign.

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