They are saying on Sunrise this morning that her trip to NY for a 6 minute speech at the UN cost taxpayers $190,000. She also charged taxpayers to fly her from Brisbane to Sydney and back for her own birthday party, and another occasion where shw and her kids flew interstate so one son could take part in a boxing match.
Back in 1986-87, I worked for the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, which had just merged with the Bank of NSW, forming Westpac. I was a systems analyst working on the personnel system for CBAL which had to integrate with the BNSW system. For a couple of months I flew from Melbourne to Sydney on the Monday morning. Taxi from home to airport, bus into Sydney CBD. Worked until about 8 pm, taxi to Hurstville where the bank owned a group of flats normally used by relieving staff. There were a group of us, 2 to a flat. Stayed over the following weekend, then flew home after the two weeks, then start all over again. Cooked our own meals at the flat, took care of housekeeping ourselves. The bank picked up the bills, but it was no holiday.