Peter Dutton took $23k private jet to Tamworth where he spoke on cost-of-living crisis
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6NFJG)
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton used a taxpayer-funded private jet to travel to a News Corp event in Tamworth, claiming $23,000 in travel expenses to speak at the summit where he criticised the government's response to the cost-of-living crisis.
Despite multiple flight connections daily between Canberra and Tamworth, it's understood Dutton had a pre-existing commitment, meaning no commercial flight could get him to the Daily Telegraph's annual bush summit" in August 2023 in time.
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