Revealed: Details of Haylen’s boozy l unch at heart of controversy

Email Steak tartare and wood-fired squid were on the menu when Jo Haylen dined at a popular Hunter Valley winery on Australia Day. The boozy lunch is at the heart of an expenses controversy after she road-tripped up there on the taxpayer’s dime.

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