On Mother's Day last year, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was charged with collecting Barnaby Joyce and Nationals deputy leader Fiona Nash from two regional NSW towns, and flying them to Canberra ahead of the first day of the federal election campaign.

Every six months the Department of Defence submits a report to the Senate outlining the cost of trips taken by federal politicians aboard RAAF planes. These flight records were discovered by Stephen Murray who posted them on Twitter.