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Choppergate refers to a political scandal regarding Australian Speaker of the House of Representatives Browyn Bishop's use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements for an expensive helicopter ride to a Liberal Party fundraiser. The exposure of Bishop's travel financials in July 2015 inspired many to mock the politician on Twitter with image macros and photoshops.

Background

On July 15th, 2015, The Guardian[1] reported that Bishop used tax-payer funds on an $88,000 trip to Europe and a $5,277 helicopter flight to a Liberal Party fundraiser in Melbourne, Australia. That day, Redditor Jakeoffski submitted The Guardian article to the /r/australia[2] subreddit, where it gained over 900 votes (93% upvoted) and 190 comments in the first week.

Notable Developments

Bishop's Press Conference

On July 18th, 2015, Bishop held a press conference regarding her travel expenses, in which she revealed she would not be resigning over the controversy and called the helicopter expense an "error of judgement" (shown below).

[This video has been removed]

Online Reaction

In the coming days, many Twitter users mocked Bishop's travel expenses in tweets using the hashtags "#choppergate"[8] and "#BishopGate"[9] (shown below). According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[3] the tags were used more than 2,600 and 34,700 times respectively over the following week.

40 …, . www.emirates.com: Kon Karapanagiotidis @kon一,K Follow #BronwynBishop on her was this morning to get a latte from her local cafe 100 metres away #BishopGate #Bishop 7:32 PM 18 Jul 2015 t359 ★55
David Carter @chef09876 Follow Bronwyn Bishop seen heading to the corner store for a carton of milk & loaf of bread 1:55 AM 19 Jul 2015 133 ★84
Simon Taylor @MrSimonTaylor FolloW Bronwyn Bishop's motorcade to work this morning. #auspol 8:50 PM 19 Jul 2015 わ 42-257 ★ 187

News Media Coverage

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the online reaction to the scandal, including The New Daily,[4] Daily Life,[5] Sydney Morning Herald[6] and Daily Mail.[7]

Various Examples

GET TO THE CHOPPA!
15 DAY EUROPE TRIP-$7000 15 DAY EUROPETRIP- $88,000
Bronwyn Bishop just walking herd g.
Bronwyn Bishop watering her garden
BRONWYN BISHOPTRAVELINGTOTHE GOLD COAST FORA HOLIDAY
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External References

[1] The Guardian – Bronwyn Bishop spent $88000 of taxpayer funds on trip to Europe

[2] Reddit – Browyn Bishop spent 88,000 of taxpayer funds

[3] Topsy – #bishopgate #choppergate

[4] The New Daily – "":http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/07/20/bronwyn-bishops-expenses-revealed/

[5] Daily Life – "":http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/07/20/bronwyn-bishops-expenses-revealed/

[6] SMH – Bronwyn Bishop Shoppergate scandal

[7] Daily Mail – Social media users mock Bronwyn Bishop

[8] Twitter – #choppergate

[9] Twitter – #bishopgate



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Choppergate

Updated Nov 05, 2024 at 05:33PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

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Overview

Choppergate refers to a political scandal regarding Australian Speaker of the House of Representatives Browyn Bishop's use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements for an expensive helicopter ride to a Liberal Party fundraiser. The exposure of Bishop's travel financials in July 2015 inspired many to mock the politician on Twitter with image macros and photoshops.

Background

On July 15th, 2015, The Guardian[1] reported that Bishop used tax-payer funds on an $88,000 trip to Europe and a $5,277 helicopter flight to a Liberal Party fundraiser in Melbourne, Australia. That day, Redditor Jakeoffski submitted The Guardian article to the /r/australia[2] subreddit, where it gained over 900 votes (93% upvoted) and 190 comments in the first week.

Notable Developments

Bishop's Press Conference

On July 18th, 2015, Bishop held a press conference regarding her travel expenses, in which she revealed she would not be resigning over the controversy and called the helicopter expense an "error of judgement" (shown below).


[This video has been removed]


Online Reaction

In the coming days, many Twitter users mocked Bishop's travel expenses in tweets using the hashtags "#choppergate"[8] and "#BishopGate"[9] (shown below). According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy,[3] the tags were used more than 2,600 and 34,700 times respectively over the following week.


40 …, . www.emirates.com: Kon Karapanagiotidis @kon一,K Follow #BronwynBishop on her was this morning to get a latte from her local cafe 100 metres away #BishopGate #Bishop 7:32 PM 18 Jul 2015 t359 ★55 David Carter @chef09876 Follow Bronwyn Bishop seen heading to the corner store for a carton of milk & loaf of bread 1:55 AM 19 Jul 2015 133 ★84 Simon Taylor @MrSimonTaylor FolloW Bronwyn Bishop's motorcade to work this morning. #auspol 8:50 PM 19 Jul 2015 わ 42-257 ★ 187

News Media Coverage

In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the online reaction to the scandal, including The New Daily,[4] Daily Life,[5] Sydney Morning Herald[6] and Daily Mail.[7]

Various Examples


GET TO THE CHOPPA! 15 DAY EUROPE TRIP-$7000 15 DAY EUROPETRIP- $88,000 Bronwyn Bishop just walking herd g.
Bronwyn Bishop watering her garden BRONWYN BISHOPTRAVELINGTOTHE GOLD COAST FORA HOLIDAY memegenerator.net

Search Interest

External References

[1] The Guardian – Bronwyn Bishop spent $88000 of taxpayer funds on trip to Europe

[2] Reddit – Browyn Bishop spent 88,000 of taxpayer funds

[3] Topsy – #bishopgate #choppergate

[4] The New Daily – "":http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/07/20/bronwyn-bishops-expenses-revealed/

[5] Daily Life – "":http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/07/20/bronwyn-bishops-expenses-revealed/

[6] SMH – Bronwyn Bishop Shoppergate scandal

[7] Daily Mail – Social media users mock Bronwyn Bishop

[8] Twitter – #choppergate

[9] Twitter – #bishopgate

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