Expenses scandal: A minister in the marquee worth a tent-full of D-list celebs

By Melissa Singer
Updated January 19 2017 - 1:16pm, first published January 11 2017 - 1:20pm
Gina Rinehart and Julie Bishop in the Emirates marquee at the Melbourne Cup.
Gina Rinehart and Julie Bishop in the Emirates marquee at the Melbourne Cup.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and his wife, Chloe Shorten, at last year's Melbourne Cup. Photo: Jesse Marlow
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and his wife, Chloe Shorten, at last year's Melbourne Cup. Photo: Jesse Marlow
Birds of a feather ... Senator Derryn Hinch (left) with Julie Bishop and David Panton, at the Melbourne Cup.  Photo: Jesse Marlow
Birds of a feather ... Senator Derryn Hinch (left) with Julie Bishop and David Panton, at the Melbourne Cup. Photo: Jesse Marlow
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull attend the 2016 AFL Grand Final at the MCG. Photo: AFL
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull attend the 2016 AFL Grand Final at the MCG. Photo: AFL
Taxpayers footed the bill ... David Panton and Julie Bishop at the Portsea Polo in 2016. Photo: Julian Smith
Taxpayers footed the bill ... David Panton and Julie Bishop at the Portsea Polo in 2016. Photo: Julian Smith

Want to know the most widely published, non-equine photo of the recent Melbourne Cup Carnival? It didn't feature celebrity guest Scott Eastwood, son of Clint, nor perennial society fixture Jennifer Hawkins.

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