More than $15,000 of taxpayers' money was spent on a second custom-built bookcase to house Attorney-General George Brandis' extensive collection of books and law reports.

The cost of the new bookcase comes on top of a $7000 taxpayer-funded bookcase purchased for Senator Brandis in 2010 to house $13,000 worth of taxpayer-funded books and magazines.

The bookcase that was too big to be moved. Credit:Andrew Meares

A new bookcase was required because the 2010 version was too large to move to Senator Brandis' new office following the change of government.