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Tourism Australia execs who ‘tried to hide’ they were in Cannes spent $66k on the trip

Exclusive: The two Tourism Australia executives who tuned in to a job cuts meeting on Zoom from Cannes flew there in business class and spent more than $66,000 on the trip.

Crikey

Tourism Australia boss given new five-year term in midst of AFP investigation

Exclusive: Phillipa Harrison had her tenure extended at the same time her agency was being investigated by police. And Labor kept the reappointment quiet for nearly two months.

Crikey

Tourism Australia scandal may involve ‘serious corrupt conduct’, NACC letter reveals

Letters from the federal corruption watchdog to Tourism Australia reveal the NACC complained the $137k travel scandal should have been reported sooner.

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Coalition’s nuclear plan to be unveiled

After months of stalling, Peter Dutton will today reveal his nuclear power policy, and the NSW budget puts aside $5.1 billion for new social housing.

Crikey

‘Susan is in Cannes’: Anger at Tourism Australia after executive joined job cuts meeting from French Riviera

Exclusive: A Tourism Australia bigwig joined a video meeting about major redundancies while using a generic background, obscuring her location. The agency’s boss then revealed she was attending a ritzy event in Cannes.

Crikey

Tourism Australia drops immunity claim as federal police begins investigating the agency

Exclusive: Just a day after the corruption watchdog announced it wouldn’t investigate Tourism Australia, Crikey can reveal the Australian Federal Police has now been called in.

Crikey

NACC confirms it’s scrapping its Tourism Australia investigation. Now the agency is out of excuses

Exclusive: The National Anti-Corruption Commission has revealed it won’t look into Tourism Australia’s private holiday scandal, just a week after the existence of such an investigation was used to prevent the Senate from asking questions.

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A detailed timeline of the private holiday scandal at Tourism Australia

Since Tourism Australia discovered a $137k travel breach last October, things have been escalating quickly. This week, it was revealed the anti-corruption commission is involved.

Crikey

Tourism Australia bigwig kept empty apartment in China while getting free rent in Sydney

Top executives were grilled at estimates, where they defended the decision to pay the Sydney rent of a top employee while he kept his apartment in China.

Crikey

‘She has no choice’: NACC called in to investigate Tourism Australia after holiday expenses scandal

After Crikey revealed three staff went on private holidays using $137k of taxpayer funds, Tourism Australia has now confirmed the NACC is involved.

Crikey

Chinese travellers voice frustration over Australian tourist visa refusals

Chinese holiday-makers say they want to come to Australia, but some travellers are having their tourist visa applications rejected.

ABC News

Gold Coast hosts Chinese travel agency bosses at Australian Tourism Exchange

Tourism Australia concedes the industry will not recover until Chinese visitors come back. The Australian Tourism Exchange conference on the Gold Coast is where that may be turned around.

ABC News

Australia down 40% on pre-Covid tourists one year on from reopening

British and Indian travellers are returning in bigger numbers – but decline from China is 94%

The Independent UK

Famous voice behind Tourism Australia’s latest campaign mascot

Hollywood actress Rose Byrne has been revealed as the voice behind Tourism Australia's latest brand ambassador Ruby the kangaroo. The computer-generated

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