The Herald Sun’s national politics editor J_C_Campbell says he was 'unimpressed' with Finance Minister MathiasCormann after the senator said he was unaware that a travel company had waived the cost of an overseas trip.
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Joe Hockey under scrutiny for Helloworld links | Sky News AustraliaJoe Hockey, Australia’s US ambassador, has come under fire for his relationship with Helloworld after revelations he aided the travel company to lobby for government work, despite being one of its largest shareholders. \n\nMr Hockey reportedly asked embassy staff to meet with an executive from Helloworld to help the company better understand the travel requirements of North American foreign affairs staff, according to The Age. \n\nThe revelations come after Senator Mathias Cormann publicly denied he was aware the company funded a trip to Singapore in 2017. \n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison says the incident was a case of ‘administrative error’ with the Senator repaying the waived costs in full. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mathias Cormann 'genuinely thought' he paid for free flights | Sky News AustraliaFinance Minister Mathias Cormann 'genuinely thought' he had paid for a family holiday booked with a company that had won a government contract.\n\nThe company Helloworld was chosen for a $21 million government tender just weeks before the trip was booked.\n\nHowever, Senator Cormann said he had no influence over the process, having provided his credit card details and instructed Helloworld to make the deduction of almost $3,000. \n\nThe Finance Minister has since repaid the waived costs in full, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisting the incident was a case of 'administrative error.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mathias Cormann 'genuinely thought' he paid for free flights | Sky News AustraliaFinance Minister Mathias Cormann 'genuinely thought' he had paid for a family holiday booked with a company that had won a government contract.\n\nThe company Helloworld was chosen for a $21 million government tender just weeks before the trip was booked.\n\nHowever, Senator Cormann said he had no influence over the process, having provided his credit card details and instructed Helloworld to make the deduction of almost $3,000. \n\nThe Finance Minister has since repaid the waived costs in full, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisting the incident was a case of 'administrative error.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
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'Only a handful of states' are capable of major cyber attack: MacGibbon | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Alastair MacGibbon says he is 'confident' a nation-state actor is responsible for the cyber attack on the nation's major political parties.\n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Monday the attack targeted the computer systems of the Liberal, National and Labor parties.\n\nMr MacGibbon says the ACSC is certain the attack didn't originate from a criminal enterprise because of the 'type of infrastructure' and the 'methodology' used in the hack.\n\nThe ACSC head would not confirm whether the foreign actor was China, but has told Sky News there are 'only a handful of states' that are capable of such an attack.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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