“On 16 March 2017, the Comcar booking… was a multi-leg car booking for other Sydney CBD business including Mr Bowen launching a book in his capacity as shadow treasurer in Sydney CBD,” the spokeswoman said.“Mr Bowen attended Mr Burke’s function (where monies raised by Mr Burke funded the inaugural ‘Walk for Respect’) on his way home from the city.“No additional expenditure was incurred by the taxpayer for the attendance at this event.”Albanese paid back the cost of two government Comcars he used to travel to a Billed as “An Evening with Albo”, the October 2018 get-together was organised by the Galloways Hill branch of Queensland ALP to raise funds for the 2019 re-election campaign of the local Labor MP, Terri Butler.
Guardian Australia has this week published the results of In February 2018 Bowen billed taxpayers more than $2,000 for a day trip to Adelaide, where Travel records obtained by Guardian Australia show that Bowen, who was shadow treasurer at the time, was in Bowen arrived in Adelaide’s central business district just over an hour before the fundraiser’s midday start, before heading back to the airport at 2.05pm, immediately after the event finished, to catch a return flight to Sydney.His four-hour trip to Adelaide cost $2,190 for flights and Comcar transfers, which was all charged to Bowen’s parliamentary travel allowances.Although he apparently spent most of his time in Adelaide at the Labor fundraiser, a spokeswoman for Bowen claimed that the event was not the dominant purpose of his trip.Bowen held a press conference while in the city and his spokeswoman said he had also met with stakeholders and had meetings relevant to his shadow ministerial role.“Mr Bowen had media engagements and meetings as shadow treasurer at the Adelaide parliamentary offices,” she said. The Shadow Minister for Health addresses Coronavirus and Labor's climate goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The outbreak is expected to impact when other states re-open their borders.Until we have this (COVID-19) under control completely, it is not under control at all.Mr Bowen said he understood the need to get the economy and borders opened back up but warned going “too quickly” was dangerous.“We all want to see the economy opened up, we all want to see borders open, we all want to see it being back to normal, but it would be irresponsible to do it too quickly,” he told ABC’s Insiders.“We have been aware for a long time that a second wave is a distinct possibility if we are not very cautious.”Mr Bowen re-enforced his support for premiers who “have taken a cautious approach, because that's the right thing to do”.But he slammed political attacks on leaders who are simply “following the health advice”.“I've been disappointed to see political attacks on Premiers who are following the health advice… who has been attacked for being too cautious, which strikes me as a particularly immature operation,” he said.“Until we have this (COVID-19) under control completely, it is not under control at all.”Mr McGowan has refused to set any date on re-opening borders, maintaining his number one priority was the health of West Australians. Labor’s shadow health minister, Chris Bowen, told Guardian Australia: “Time will tell whether this is in an effective advertising campaign, but Labor questions why it … Picture: AAP Image/Paul BravenThey included New Zealand’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Tracey Martin, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, and the UK’s Minister of State for Security, James Brokenshire.US counsellor Kellyanne Conway was also pictured with the group, along with Joe Grogan, an assistant to the US President.Representatives from major tech companies were also said to be in attendance, as well as nine survivors of child sexual exploitation.Ms Martin is now self-isolating and will be tested for the virus on Saturday, according to her spokesman.
The Shadow Minister for Health addresses Coronavirus and Labor's climate goal of net zero emissions by 2050. No public funds were spent for Mr Bowen’s attendance at the function.”On that occasion, Bowen flew from Sydney to Brisbane on the afternoon of the fundraiser but left Queensland immediately after the event had finished, using a Comcar to travel 160km south to Byron Bay where he had official engagements the following day.A spokeswoman for Bowen told Guardian Australia that, similar to his Adelaide trip, he had visited Brisbane so he could work from the city’s parliamentary offices and had “a number of meetings relating to his then treasury portfolio”.