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Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen looks on during a federal cabinet meeting in Perth, Australia, on June 3, 2025. Matt Jelonek/Getty Images
The Albanese government is facing renewed scrutiny after disclosing it spent $1.6 million sending a total delegation of 75 Australians—including 42 officials from the Department of Climate Change—to the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil.
The average cost per person worked out to about $38,000.
