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1st class junket special. Clapped-out parliamentarians with tax-funded tickets. "Is this my free trip to Eastern Europe?" "Last train to Clarksville, Sir." 11 March, 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Reference
- DCDL-0005756
- Description
Shows a 'Gravy Train' stopped at a station and a queue of travellers climbing aboard. The station sign says '1st Class Junket Special, Clapped out parliamentarians with tax-funded tickets'. In the lower left corner a man asks a station attendant if this is his free trip to Eastern Europe and he is teld that it is the last train to Clarksville. Refers to the two-week trip around Europe which is widely regarded as a junket that has been offered to MPs Brian Connell, Marian Hobbs, Margaret Wilson and Katherine Rich. Prime Minister Helen Clark said it was a "diplomatic outreach".
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- Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
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- 1 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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1st class junket special. Clapped-out parliamentarians with tax-funded tickets. "Is this my free trip to Eastern Europe?" "Last train to Clarksville, Sir." 11 March, 2008. Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]. Ref: DCDL-0005756. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22529779More information can be found in our terms of use.