She fired back a tweet after the newspaper reported she will travel to St Petersburg, Russia in October to represent the government at a four-day gathering, despite January’s travel expenses scandal.

“Supply me a GoPro and I'll record every second of my 4 days activities and beam them back to you,” Ms Ley said.

Inter-Parliamentary Union rules require countries to be represented by both men and women so when Australia’s female delegate, government whip Nola Marino, could not attend, she asked Ms Ley to take her place.