Opposition Vows to Scrap Indigenous ‘Ambassador’ Post, Criticises $145,000 Travel Bill

The office of the First Nations—Indigenous—Ambassador, created just over a year ago, would be closed “on day one” of a Coalition government, according to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. This was after it was revealed that the current ambassador, Justin Mohamed, had spent $145,000 on business class airfares in the 2023-24 financial year. Sometimes, he was accompanied by a colleague or colleagues from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and this figure includes their travel costs. All trips appear to have been under budget. The Albanese Labor government, which created the post—the only one of its type in the world—approved spending of more than $350,000 last financial year to Mohamed on nine overseas trips, mainly to the United States and Europe....