Travel entitlements for MPs’ families will be wound back on advice of expenses watchdog, Anthony Albanese says

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says his government has ‘recommended a number of changes’, including that families will fly economy instead of business class. Photograph: Dominic Giannini/AAP

The prime minister has announced travel entitlements for the families of parliamentarians will be wound back, after the government sought advice from the expenses watchdog.

Anthony Albanese confirmed he had received advice from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) on the weekend of 13 December, and has subsequently written to the Remuneration Tribunal to review and put in place the new rules.