‘Minister’s flights fine’

FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann was acting within the rules when he booked flights costing $37,000 to sway crossbenchers towards big business tax cuts, Education Minister Dan Tehan says.

Senator Cormann flew from Canberra to Adelaide and then on to Perth on a defence jet on June 22 as no commercial flights were available to facilitate the journey, the ABC reported. “What that trip was about as I understand, was making sure that we were doing everything possible to see Australians pay less tax,” Mr Tehan said.