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Kim Beazley slugged taxpayers more than $3k for case of Grange during time as US ambassador

Australian Ambassador to the US and former federal treasurer Joe Hockey posing for a photo with with outgoing Australian Ambassador to the US Kim Beazley and wife Susie in Washington. (AAP)

Former US ambassador Kim Beazley billed taxpayers more than $3400 for a case of Penfolds Grange in 2014.

It is unclear whether the 12 bottles of the coveted red wine were drunk by the former Labor leader himself and his staff at the embassy or if they were given away as gifts, the ABC reports.

The list of ambassadorial expenses, published by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade following a Freedom of Information request, also shows Mr Beazley charged taxpayers $1700 for Christmas carol singers in 2014 and 2015.

A week before the Grange purchase, Mr Beazley spent $420.39 on a "casual lunch" with visiting Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at Washington restaurant Ris, where a serve of French fries costs more than $10.

The list also covers the start of Joe Hockey's term as ambassador and reveals the former treasurer, who railed against "the age of entitlement", slugged taxpayers $1200 for babysitting.

During the most recent financial year both ambassadors' expenses totalled more than $121,000, up from $85,747.02 the previous year.

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Former US ambassador Kim Beazley billed taxpayers more than $3400 for a case of Penfolds Grange in 2014.