Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles came under fire during Question Time after racking up a $3.6 million bill for flights where he used special-purpose aircraft. “Now, I understand Richard Marles did take his golf clubs on one trip to ASEAN in Cambodia where he played with defence ministers of other nations,” Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said. “I've also been told by government sources that the request for special purpose flights to Matildas games from Mr Dutton was being dealt with by the Defence Minister's office on July 31, the day of the Canada Matildas, and just a couple days after the military chopper crash in Hamilton Island when that office was dealing with that.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles came under fire during Question Time after racking up a $3.6 million bill for flights where he used special-purpose aircraft.
“Now, I understand Richard Marles did take his golf clubs on one trip to ASEAN in Cambodia where he played with defence ministers of other nations,” Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said. “I've also been told by government sources that the request for special purpose flights to Matildas games from Mr Dutton was being dealt with by the Defence Minister's office on July 31, the day of the Canada Matildas, and just a couple days after the military chopper crash in Hamilton Island when that office was dealing with that."
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