The fans in Oprah's studio audience who were given a free trip to Australia are over the moon. Australian tax payers? Not so much.
The Australian travel bureau lobbied hard for Oprah to gift her studio audience with a trip down under, hoping exposure from Oprah's show would boost tourism dollars.
How bad did Australia want Oprah? So bad, they picked up the entire $2.7 million dollar tab, and passed it on to Australian tax payers.
