{"id":16221,"date":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/taxpayers-fork-out-for-darwin-trip-and-a-box-of-undies\/"},"modified":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"taxpayers-fork-out-for-darwin-trip-and-a-box-of-undies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/taxpayers-fork-out-for-darwin-trip-and-a-box-of-undies\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayers fork out for Darwin trip &#8212; and a box of undies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FOI docs reveal staff from the disbanded motorsport board were sent on a pricey Darwin junket &#8212; with one employee even claiming the cost of a box of underpants.<\/h3>\n<p>The 2015 trip for staff that worked on the Clipsal 500 event cost taxpayers $50,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a culture in government at the moment\u2026 where they don\u2019t care if it\u2019s not their money,\u201d Shadow Tourism Minister David Ridgway told FIVEAA brekkie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of money to be spent on a reward at the end of the year, but these people are paid to put this event on. It just doesn\u2019t make sense to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/301572505&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And as for the undies?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m going to Darwin for work, which this was, you\u2019d actually pack enough undies to go, you would\u2019ve thought,\u201d Mr Ridgway said.<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/andrew-reimer\/steven-marshall-goes-off-after-listener-calls-to-do-away-with-politicians\"><strong>STEVEN MARSHALL *GOES OFF* AFTER LISTENER SUGGESTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/report-friends-were-worried-about-james-hird-before-overdose\"><strong>REPORTS FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT JAMES HIRD PRIOR TO OVERDOSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOI docs reveal staff from the disbanded motorsport board were sent on a pricey Darwin junket &#8212; with one employee even claiming the cost of a box of underpants. 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