Treasurer Jim Chalmers expects the prime minister will declare a private helicopter trip to a lunch with a business chief "in the usual way".
Mr Albanese was flown in Lindsay Fox's private helicopter for a meeting at his Portsea mansion on Saturday, which was also attended by Victorian Labor Premier Dan Andrews, Nine newspapers reported.
The meeting came after the prime minister finished a media conference in Geelong and before flying to Western Australia to inspect flood damage.