Published assurance reviews
An assurance review follows a preliminary assessment to determine whether there has been a misuse of parliamentary work expenses.
Assurance reviews analyse all available data relating to the use of the work expense and may involve liaison with the parliamentarian to gather additional information. They assess all the information against the legislative framework to establish whether there has been a misuse.
Assurance review
| Assurance Review id | Summary | Download | Published date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/011 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Minister Keogh’s use of parliamentary work resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. IPEA accepts Minister Keogh’s advice that the dominant purpose of his travel was parliamentary business and that his spouse accompanied him for the dominant purpose of facilitating family life. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-011 - Hon Matt Keogh MP (PDF, 30.39 MB) | |
| 2025/005 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Mr Pat Conaghan MP’s use of parliamentary business resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. The Assurance Review forms part of IPEA’s 3 Year Assurance Plan. Having regard to the information made available from Mr Conaghan, IPEA found that the use of family reunion travel resources was consistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-005 - Mr Pat Conaghan MP (PDF, 8.19 MB) | |
| 2025/004 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Hon Scott Buchholz’s use of parliamentary business resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. The Assurance Review forms part of IPEA’s 3 Year Assurance Plan. Having regard to the information made available from Mr Buchholz, IPEA found that the use of family reunion travel resources was not inconsistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-004 - Hon Scott Buchholz MP (PDF, 10.88 MB) | |
| 2025/012 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Hon David Littleproud MP’s use of parliamentary business resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. The Assurance Review forms part of IPEA’s 3 Year Assurance Plan. Having regard to the information made available from Mr Littleproud, IPEA found that the use of family reunion travel resources was consistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-012 - Hon David Littleproud MP.pdf (PDF, 14.26 MB) | |
| 2025/002 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Hon Dr Anne Aly MP’s use of parliamentary business resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. The Assurance Review forms part of IPEA’s 3 Year Assurance Plan. Having regard to the information made available from Minister Aly, IPEA found that the use of family reunion travel resources was consistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-002 - Hon Dr Anne Aly MP (PDF, 10.52 MB) | |
| 2025/027 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Mr Andrew Willcox MP’s use of parliamentary business resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. The Assurance Review forms part of IPEA’s 3 Year Assurance Plan. Having regard to the information made available from Mr Willcox, IPEA found that the use of family reunion travel resources was consistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review Memorandum 2025-027 - Mr Andrew Willcox MP.pdf (PDF, 13.55 MB) | |
| 2024/013 | This Assurance Review assessed Senator Pauline Hanson’s use of parliamentary work resources to travel to Perth between 26 February and 2 March 2024. IPEA accepts the advice provided by Senator Hanson’s staff that the dominant purpose of the travel undertaken by Senator Hanson was parliamentary business. IPEA found that the use of parliamentary work resources was not inconsistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review - Travel to Perth between 26 February 2024 and 2 March 2024 - Senator Pauline Hanson.pdf (PDF, 9.41 MB) | |
| 2025-033 | IPEA conducted an Assurance Review of Ms Cassandra Fernando MP's use of parliamentary resources for travel to Sydney between 3 and 4 October 2024. IPEA found that the travel was consistent with the Parliamentary Business Resources Framework. |
1 Assurance Review 2025-033 - Cassandra Fernando MP (PDF, 2.79 MB) 2 Assurance Review 2025-033 - Cassandra Fernando June 2025 - Attachment 1 (PDF, 711.33 KB) 3 Assurance Review 2025-033 - Cassandra Fernando June 2025 - Attachment 2 (PDF, 643.23 KB) 4 Assurance Review 2024-25 - 033 Cassandra Fernando June 2025 - Attachment 3 (PDF, 112.04 KB) 5 Assurance Review 2024-25 - 033 Cassandra Fernando June 2025 - attachment 4 (PDF, 1.12 MB) |
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| 2023-014 | This Assurance Review identified a number of instances of use of Members of Parliament (staff) travel resources for taxi and regulated ridesharing services by a former staff member of the Hon Linda Burney MP that were not consistent with the requirement for staff to transport themselves to and from work for their normal hours of duty. The staff member was invoiced a total of $141.54 to repay the incorrectly used travel resources. The invoices have been paid in full. |
Assurance Review 2023-014- Office of the Hon Linda Burney MP (PDF, 19.5 MB) | |
| 2025/014 | This Assurance Review focused on the Hon Michael McCormack MP’s use of parliamentarians’ travel and work resources for family reunion purposes (family reunion travel resources) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. Having regard to the information made available by Mr McCormack, IPEA found that the dominant purpose of his travel was parliamentary business and that the use of family reunion travel resources was consistent with the legislative framework. |
Assurance Review - 2025-014 - The Hon Michael McCormack MP - Family Travel_0 (PDF, 8.01 MB) |
