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What does Choppergate mean?

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  1. (informal, Australia) A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month.
  2. (informal, Australia) An Australian political scandal of 2014 involving Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop flying from Melbourne to a party fundraiser in Geelong, at a cost of AUD$5227.
  3. (informal, India) A 2013 controversy around alleged bribery and corruption in the purchase of a fleet of helicopters for Indian state officials.
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