Taxpayers were billed an enormous sum to facilitate the return of Julian Assange to Australia last month, according to new Senate documents.
New documents provided to the Senate have revealed just how much taxpayers were slugged to cover the costs of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ’s return to Australia. The fee for the private jet used to transport Mr Assange from the United Kingdom to the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific and then on to Australia came to a whopping $781,480.30.
It is understood the federal government initially paid for the charter flight after an agreement was reached the foundation would reimburse the costs. Liberal Senator Dave Sharma, who made the original information request, took aim at the high travel costs in a post to Instagram.
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