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Tess Ikonomou

'Air-Miles Anika': minister under fire for flight costs

Details have emerged about a taxpayer-funded trip Communications Minister Anika Wells took in June. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The communications minister has defended her travel expenses as questions mount over her decision to bill taxpayers for a trip that reportedly included a party for a Labor friend.

After facing criticism from the opposition for the $100,000 cost of flying herself and three staff to New York to spruik Australia's social media age restrictions, new details have emerged about a trip Anika Wells took in June.

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