Barf-gate: Ministerial car scene of ‘mass’ vomiting

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    Barf-gate: Ministerial car scene of ‘mass’ vomiting while transporting Coalition MPs after Origin 2




    IT HAS been dubbed Barf-gate — who chundered in a ministerial car, leaving the driver gagging and resulting in a clean-up bill costing hundreds of dollars?

    The car was driven by a ministerial driver who transported NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro and Liberal MP Eleni Petinos from ANZ Stadium, where they had been watching the State of Origin match on Wednesday night.
    The pair had watched the game with Mr Barilaro’s young daughter and one of his staffers.

    Mr Barilaro was in a celebratory mode after a successful state Budget, tweeting from the game: “I spent today backing #NSW in small business AND State of #Origin! UP THE BLUES!!!!!”

    By Friday, word was going around Parliament House of a driver fuming over what he had discovered in the car upon starting his shift hours — possible a day — later.

    “The word is one vomited, and that set off the others,” a source close to the driver said.

    Mr Barilaro, a married father of two, declined to answer any questions about the cost of the clean-up bill, nor who left the car in a mess.

    A statement from his office confirmed Mr Barilaro and Ms Petinos were at Origin, but declined to confirm the figure to be repaid.

    “The taxpayer will not have to bear any costs,” the statement said.

    “Costs incurred will be privately managed.”

    Upper House deputy opposition leader Walt Secord said a reprimand was in order.


    “The Premier must publicly reprimand the culprit.

    “This kind of behaviour deeply embarrasses all legislators. This matter should not end with the Deputy Premier simply paying for the cleaning.”

    Miranda MP Ms Petinos, in her early 30s, is a rising star in the Liberals. Last year, then roads minister Duncan Gay was forced to apologise to her after he patronisingly told her building a road was “not like buying a handbag”.
    Ministerial drivers have long been dragged into political scandals, despite being notoriously secretive about the private goings-on of their VIP passengers.



    Ms Petinos was unable to be reached at the time of going to press.

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...2/news-story/82c527657c9e827eb4eaa53f081d9f4e

    Taxpayers probably paying for the ministerial taxi to Orgin and the booze, these Elites are out of touch with mainstream Australians, everything to excess on the Taxpayer!!!
 
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