Oprah's "gift" trip for 300 fans to cost Australian taxpayers 3 million dollars.
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[B]Oh yeah, and John Travolta's flying them there.[/B]
[quote]Oprah Winfrey’s stunning on-air generosity in inviting her entire studio audience to join her for a show in Australia will actually cost Australian taxpayers at least $3 million, the country’s tourism minister said Tuesday.
“I think it’s money well spent,” Martin Ferguson said in Sydney, according to the Australian Associated Press.
So far, Australian taxpayers tend to agree. An online poll Tuesday by the Sydney Morning Herald found 60 per cent thought having Oprah tape her talk show Down Under was worth the money, compared to 40 per cent who disagreed.
[B]Tourism Australia will kick in $1.5 million to provide an eight-day trip for the 300 audience members Winfrey invited at the opening of her 25th and final season on Monday. The state government of New South Wales will pay another $1 million to $2 million, Premier Kristin Keneally said.[/B]
“Maybe I should take you all with me to the other side of the world. We’re going to Australia,” Winfrey told the Chicago studio audience.
“This truly represents an amazing opportunity to showcase Australia, the warmth and hospitality of our people and the depth and breadth of everything our country has to offer visitors from around the world,” said Ferguson.
“Tourism Australia is finally getting it together. We as a nation will win as a result of this coup.”
“We’re absolutely delighted the most successful talk show, probably ever, is coming to Australia, coming to Sydney,” chimed in Keneally.
The whole operation has been a top-secret plan, called Project O, for the last year, said Keneally.
Don’t be “cynical about the cost,” former federal tourism minister John Brown beseeched the media.
“We spent hundreds of millions of dollars over 30 years without much effect, I must say that honestly,” he said.
“The publicity that Oprah will bring to Australia around the world is something you couldn’t buy.”
About 3,000 Australian fans will get to join the Americans in the Sydney Opera House for the taping of several episodes. The Oprah Winfrey Show is seen in 145 countries.[/quote]
[url=http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/860729--oprah-s-gift-to-cost-australians-3-million?bn=1]Source: The Toronto Star[/url]
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oprah stop being a bitch already
3 million dollars for [b]that[/b]? I can think of lots of other USEFUL things that that could've been spent on
keep em australia
[QUOTE=Glitch360;24845208]3 million dollars for [b]that[/b]? I can think of lots of other USEFUL things that that could've been spent on[/QUOTE]
name some
im guessing the big ones
CANCER
DONATION
TECHNOLOGY
a godwinesque argument
[QUOTE=Glitch360;24845208]3 million dollars for [B]that[/B]? I can think of lots of other USEFUL things that that could've been spent on[/QUOTE]
Yes how dare they spent money on Oprah when we could be banning things!
This is outrageous!
She could've paid it.
[QUOTE=DemonDog2;24846507]She could've paid it.[/QUOTE]
yeah, this is what I don't get
Oprah's worth a billion dollars. She probably spends $3 million on food per day
I would rage if someone could have a free trip paid with my money.
[QUOTE=Roswell34;24845235]a godwinesque argument[/QUOTE]
are you dense
[QUOTE=Athena;24846556]yeah, this is what I don't get
Oprah's worth a billion dollars. She probably spends $3 million on food per day[/QUOTE]
Uh...how? Does she eat...perfectly cut diamonds the size of a pizza?
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[QUOTE=Roswell34;24845235]keep em australia
name some
im guessing the big ones
CANCER
DONATION
TECHNOLOGY
a godwinesque argument[/QUOTE]
Or just give that money back to the tax payers, anything is better than giving it to a bunch of fucks that didn't earn the trip
[QUOTE=DrLuke;24847627]I would rage if someone could have a free trip paid with my money.[/QUOTE]
Aint that the truth?
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[QUOTE=Glitch360;24845208]3 million dollars for [b]that[/b]? I can think of lots of other USEFUL things that that could've been spent on[/QUOTE]
It's coming out of a tourism budget by the looks of it, therefore (assuming Australia works like other countries) the money was put aside for anything to promote the country.
[QUOTE=Ridge;24847710]Aint that the truth?
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I like the website it comes from "blackchristiannews"
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24848108]I like the website it comes from "blackchristiannews"[/QUOTE]
I didnt pay attention to the site it was hosted on, it matched my search.
She better watch out for those penises raping children. I heard it's over the limit.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24847653]Uh...how? Does she eat...perfectly cut diamonds the size of a pizza?[/QUOTE]
She eats perfectly cut pizza, [i]lots of perfectly cut pizza.[/i]
I have Australia as a country for the IES. And I needed a current event for my Econ teacher. PERFECT
[QUOTE=Ridge;24847710]Aint that the truth?
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woah you mean that government officials [i]spend[/i] the money they're paid? CrAzY~~~
Man my respect for Aus. went down by a shit ton. How can you help some fat black woman when their are poor people who need food right now in your country. John travolta also?
[QUOTE=Ridge;24847710]Aint that the truth?
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You do realize the obamas were millionares before Barack became president right?
[QUOTE=Habsburg;24850521]You do realize the obamas were millionares before Barack became president right?[/QUOTE]
What did they do that made them so rich?
They're lawyers.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24852120]What did they do that made them so rich?[/QUOTE]
obama wrote two best selling books.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyAlt;24852160]obama wrote two best selling books.[/QUOTE]
yeah michelle obamas salary (before obama was in office) was $273,618
and baracks was $157,082
-wikipedia
[QUOTE=Jessesmith1;24852485]yeah michelle obamas salary (before obama was in office) was $273,618
and baracks was $157,082
-wikipedia[/QUOTE]
lol his wife made more than him
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24852762]lol his wife made more than him[/QUOTE]
lol owned1!!!!
Damn that's a salary of a Pathologist.
Wow, Oprah is such a fucking money whore.
This also reminds me of the episode of The Boondocks, when Wunsler, Riley, and his friend try to kidnap Oprah because she basically has control over all women over the age of 40 and under the age of 14.
[QUOTE][B]final season[/B][/QUOTE]
[B]YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!![/B] Is no one paying attention to this?! I am sooooo fucking happy now that I know she will be off the air after this season! I hate Oprah because every time my mom watches it she turns in to a huge bigot and thinks I'm unreasonable for not at least agreeing with Oprah.
What's with all the Australian news?
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