PHOTO: Lucas Jackson – Officials are worried about “the optics” paying compensation to Matt Lauer: “a very wealthy American with a tarnished reputation.”

Taxpayers could be forced to pay millions of dollars in compensation to disgraced TV host Matt Lauer to guarantee public access to his high country station.

Lauer has partly opened up Hunter Valley Station to the public, complying with conditions set by the Overseas Investment Office when he bought the farm last year.

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