Details of $25m in Australian taxpayer-funded VIP flights to stay secret
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6NENZ)
Calls intensify for the federal government to fully explain why it no longer publishes the information
The details of more than $25m in taxpayer-funded VIP flights for Australian ministers and dignitaries will be kept secret, fuelling calls for the federal government to fully explain why it no longer publishes the information.
The government has cited national security advice for the decision to no longer publish the flight logs, but advocates have argued transparency provides a deterrent to improper use and right now, it's potentially open slather".
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