Entrepreneur and anti-immigration campaigner Dick Smith has sent a copy of his memoir My Adventurous Life to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Smith considers Albanese a friend since his days as Infrastructure and Transport Minister and felt the book might interest him.
The book has a chapter called “Don’t complain about your tax”, which advocates for more taxes on the wealthy, an issue Smith has long supported. Smith says he hasn’t heard any feedback from The Lodge, although recently announced tax increases for superannuation balances of over $3 million suggest he and Albanese might be on the same page.
Sportsbet was offering odds of $51 for independent Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan to win the state seat of Wakehurst from the Liberals, which many politicos saw as a great opportunity.
Although Wakehurst looks safely Liberal, Regan, who is endorsed by MPs Sophie Scamps and Zali Steggall, is making things rather tight.
Word of the odds spread among politicos, and the market was flooded with bets, some in the thousands, on Regan, enough to drive his odds down to $3 before Sportsbet axed the market.
The backlash in the hospitality industry against a review by “Australia’s only national food critic” John Lethlean is going strong. The owners of Melbourne’s 1800 Lasagne printed a few hundred stickers declaring “Management reserves the right to refuse entry to John Lethlean” after he published, then removed an article on News Corp-owned food site Delicious.com.au that criticised a young restaurant employee for both her “revealing” attire and professional skills.
Although most of his staff hadn’t heard of Lethlean before the furore broke out, owner Joey Kellock said they took a stand because their issues with the article were so serious.
Former Bill Shorten chief-of-staff Ryan Liddell’s lobbying shop has been raking in high-profile clients since the election. Liddell can now take on work pro bono, with recently crowned Australian of the Year and body positivity activist Taryn Brumfitt registered as his first pro bono client last month.
Brumfitt, who gets no real administrative support, assistance in handling a sometimes relentless media glare or a map for navigating the corridors of power, needs help connecting with people in Parliament. Liddell is keen to help her in the same way he did for previous recipient Dylan Alcott.
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