An independent report into all of Liberal MP Sussan Ley's work travel expenses has found she breached the rules once over a three-and-a-half year period.

Key points: Ms Ley stepped down as Health Minister in January after a travel expenses scandal involving a Gold Coast unit

Ms Ley stepped down as Health Minister in January after a travel expenses scandal involving a Gold Coast unit She was found to have breached rules by using a government-funded car to go to the unit

She was found to have breached rules by using a government-funded car to go to the unit Ms Ley said she had repaid a number of work expenses totalling $5,232, including a penalty for an incorrect claim

The former health minister was forced to step down from her position in the Cabinet earlier this year following revelations she bought an $800,000 apartment during a work trip to the Gold Coast.

The independent report, conducted and released today by the Finance Department, found the sole breach of the rules occurred when Ms Ley used a government-funded car to take her from her hotel to the apartment.

The trip lasted about five minutes.

Prior to her resignation as a minister, there were other claims she had breached the rules, including billing taxpayers to attend two New Year's Eve events hosted by a prominent Queensland businesswoman and donor, and piloting a plane when other, less-expensive options were available.

But the report found Ms Ley did not breach the rules in any of those instances.

The now backbencher addressed the findings of the report at the Federation Chamber in Parliament, saying she wants the public to draw their own conclusions about her conduct.

"In no way do I seek to complain about my situation or the way events play out," she said.

"I simply table the outcome of the investigation, as I said I would, and in doing so I allow people to draw their own conclusions."

Reporting was misleading: Ley

Ms Ley said the media coverage that led to her resignation did not accurately report the full situation.

"Regardless of these facts, the public impression was cast," she said.

"I can understand the facts can get lost in the search for a good story.

"When I resigned as minister, I did so because the facts could not overcome the story … I have been incredibly fortunate to serve in Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet."

Ms Ley also maintained her Gold Coast apartment purchase was spontaneous.

"I know that the notion of buying an apartment on impulse may seem quite strange to some, and while the purchase of this particular property was on impulse, the decision to purchase a property was not," she said.

"I had been considering purchasing a property for some time. In mid-2014 I received pre-approval from the Hume Bank in Albury for such a purchase.

"So on [the] Friday night, when my attention was drawn to something suitable, and I was going to be on the Gold Coast as a matter of course, I went along to the auction.

"It was an entirely incidental and unplanned activity, to what was an otherwise busy weekend schedule. The first time that I saw the apartment was 20 minutes before the auction commenced."

But Ms Ley acknowledged some of her actions were outside of what the public deemed acceptable.

She said she had repaid a number of work expenses, totalling $5,232, which included a 25 per cent penalty for making an incorrect claim.