Health Minister stands aside amid travel claims review

The federal Health Minister Sussan Ley (lee) 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. Image: The Gold Coast apartment building in which federal Health Minister Sussan Ley bought a unit in 2015. (AAP)

It comes after Ms Ley agreed to pay back travel allowances claimed for a 2015 trip during which she bought an investment property.

 

In this report, the Minister maintains she didn't break any rules - but has apologised for what she sees as actions that have distracted from the government's agenda.