Bronwyn Bishop — a former politician who was criticised over a travel expenses scandal known as Choppergate in 2015 — has slammed Defence Minister Richard Marles’ $3 million expenditure for VIP flights urging the MP to “come clean” about his travel and if necessary “pay it back”.
Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles has raised eyebrows in Canberra this week after news.com.au revealed he had run up more than a million dollars in flight costs since January alone.
The Albanese Government now claims they won‘t reveal where he was flying for “safety reasons”, due to a review that was quietly initiated by the Morrison Government after it was repeatedly embarrassed by the VIP flight logs being published online — including the scandal that ended the career of Bronwyn Bishop.
But Ms Bishop, who was forced to stand down from her role after a furore over a single $5,000 helicopter flight she took from Melbourne to Geelong for a party fundraiser suggested that the spending was the height of hypocrisy.
