Health Minister Ley stands aside amid travel claims review

The federal Health Minister Sussan Ley has been asked to stand aside as the Prime Minister orders his department to investigate more than a dozen taxpayer-funded trips she made to the Gold Coast. It comes after Ms Ley agreed to pay back travel allowances claimed for a 2015 trip during which she bought an investment property. The Minister maintains she did not break any rules - but has apologized for what she sees as actions that have distracted from the government's agenda.

The Gold Coast apartment building in which federal Health Minister Sussan Ley bought a unit in 2015 Source: AAP