Cost of former prime minister’s trip included $37000 compensation payment to a local hotel which lost trade when the government cancelled bookingsTony Abbott’s five-day trip to the Torres Strait as prime minister cost more than $216000, including a $37000 compensation payment to a local hotel which lost trade when the government cancelled bookings.
The August trip was fulfilling a pledge by Abbott to spend one week a year working from a remote Indigenous community. Related: Tony Abbott's tour of the Torres Strait Islands and Cape York – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com