Choppergate

Meaning

Proper Noun

• 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.
• 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.
• A 2013 controversy around alleged bribery and corruption in the purchase of a fleet of helicopters for Indian state officials.

Origin

• chopper + -gate