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Utegate en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From ute + -gate.

Meanings

  1. (Australian, informal) A 2009 scandal around the lending of a ute to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favourable treatment of Grant by the Department of the Treasury.
    • The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked. 2009 June 22, Phillip Coorey, Annabel Crabb, Sydney Morning Herald: