(informal, AU) 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
(informal, AU) 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.
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(UK) A controversy of 2000 involving the wedding of TV presenter Anthea Turner to Grant Bovey, where the two were photographed eating Snowflake chocolate bars and the pictures were subsequently used to promote the product, damaging Turner's credibility.
(UK) A 2002 controversy over the purchase of two flats in Bristol by Cherie Blair with the alleged assistance of Peter Foster, a convicted Australian conman and boyfriend of Blair's friend Carole Caplin, who negotiated a discount for Blair.
(UK, slang) The News International phone hacking scandal.
(informal, India) A 2013 controversy around alleged bribery and corruption in the purchase of a fleet of helicopters for Indian state officials.
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(informal, AU) 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.
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