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Brandis’s $6000 Venice water taxi

While cutting the grants that take artists to the Venice Biennale, the Minister travelled in style to open the new Australian pavilion.

14 Aug 2015 12:00

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The Daily Telegraph has some fun with their Brandis story

News Corp reports that Australian embassy officials booked a luxury water taxi costing more than $5000 to take Attorney-General George Brandis around the canals of Venice during a trip to open a visual arts exhibition in May, it’s been reported.

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