Thursday, 31 October 2019

Helloworld whistleblowers police inquiry 'not at my behest', Cormann says

Minister denies lodging complaint with Victoria police over leaked information he wasn’t billed for travel

The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says police are not acting at “my behest” by investigating whistleblowers who revealed he was not billed for international flights by travel company Helloworld, a major government contractor with close links to the Liberal party.

Leaked information from within Helloworld showed earlier this year that the company had not charged Cormann and his family for international flights worth $2,780.82 in 2017, not long before it won a $1bn contract with the finance minister’s department.

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