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How Gary Johns became a $250,000 charity case
Why claim relocation costs when you can fly business class to Melbourne every week?
Neil ChenowethSenior writerForget James Shipton and Daniel Crennan’s bumbling efforts at ASIC to slug taxpayers with relocation costs – that old charity case Gary Johns has rung up an estimated $250,000 for travel expenses since 2017.
Johns was a federal Labor minister until 1996, after which his politics drifted to the right, into Institute of Public Affairs territory.
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Neil Chenoweth is an investigative reporter for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney and has won multiple Walkley Awards. Connect with Neil on Twitter. Email Neil at nchenoweth@afr.com.au
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