Choppergate (English, name)
expansion: Choppergate
Senses:
glosses: A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month.
tags: Australia
informal
glosses: An Australian political scandal of 2014 involving Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop flying from Melbourne to a party fundraiser in Geelong, at a cost of AUD$5227.
tags: Australia
informal
glosses: A 2013 controversy around alleged bribery and corruption in the purchase of a fleet of helicopters for Indian state officials.
tags: India
informal
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