Freedom of information records from Trade Minister Don Farrell’s office show no evidence of a meeting Wells claimed with his chief of staff during her $3,700 June 2025 trip from Brisbane.
South Australian Health Minister Chris Picton’s diary listed the birthday event as personal, prompting opposition calls for Wells to repay the return flight and step aside.
Wells defends the travel, saying the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority cleared parts of the trip after her submission, while this adds to her repaying over $10,000 from prior family trips.
The scrutiny ties into questions over her high-profile digital policy travels, like a $100,000 New York trip.
So it turns out that Anika Wells the lady who wants to censor her political enemies at home and the entire Internet globally, lied about her misuse of public money for personal travel. And it’s not even her first time. No wonder these lying crooks are desperate for censorship.
Coalition demands Anthony Albanese stand down Anika Wells after FOI records fail to substantiate meetings she cited to justify taxpayer-funded trip. Calls have come for Anika Wells to repay the cost of her flight home and be stood down after records from Don Farrell’s office failed to substantiate a meeting she said took place.
Sarah Henderson has demanded Anthony Albanese stand down Communications Minister Anika Wells after freedom of information records failed to substantiate meetings she cited to justify a taxpayer-funded trip to Adelaide for a friend’s 40th birthday.
Ms Wells spent about $3,700 travelling to Adelaide between June 6 and June 8 last year, defending the trip on the basis that she had official engagements alongside attending the birthday party. But records obtained by the opposition showed Don Farrell’s office could not locate text messages, emails, diary entries or other documents confirming a meeting with his chief of staff.