Dear Cossomby,

Gee whiz. Thanks for that information.
I'll try to find the link and post it
later on. However, as far as I know the man
is paying his own way to Washington.

cont'd ...

Here's a link that explains the invite:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/one-nation-pestered-australian-embassy-officials-for-trump-inauguration-tickets-20170118-gtu3bb.html

It puts a different slant on things.

From the link, Senator Burston has promised he will pay for his own flights and accommodation".

One way ticket? Can only hope.

Dear Paul,

Still, you've got to give credit to the man's
perseverance in pursuing the matter until he
managed to score an invite.

Pauline and Putin should have gone according to the Newspapers.
" Mr Banks accompanied Nigel Farage as he met Trump on what the property mogul plans to do regarding Putin. He told Express.co.uk: ."In foreign policy he will work with Putin to destroy radical Muslim terror ."

Daily Mail Australia: ".. the Washington Post, reported: ‘Since the 1980s, Trump and his family members have made numerous trips to Moscow in search of business opportunities, and they have relied on Russian investors to buy their properties around the world.’ Trump’s son, Donald Jnr, boasted to a property industry conference in 2008: ‘Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.’ In the same speech, he said that he had visited Russia six times in the previous 18 months. "

Melania Trump is of Slavic origin .

Queensland Courier Mail : "A ONE Nation candidate has been praising Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. And the party yesterday backed Bundamba candidate Shan Ju Lin’s right to do it,."