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As Aussies scramble to get home, Brandis under fire for lazy month-long break
Monday January 25, 2021
Australia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom George Brandis has been criticised after spending almost a month off in Queensland over the Christmas break while thousands of citizens remain stranded overseas.
Australia’s High Commissioner to the UK George Brandis. Photo: AAP
The former minister’s took the holiday after completing two weeks of quarantine and holding a series of meetings.
Other ambassadors and high commissioners stationed across the globe are also believed to have returned.
His holiday has been criticised by some of the almost 40,000…
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