Australia’s political, business and media leaders gathered in the MCG’s Olympic Room for the AFL Commission lunch before the Sydney-Brisbane season decider.
Melbourne smiled through its mini identity crisis – the first AFL grand final in 18 years not to feature a Victorian club – to remind the rest of Australia and its elites that on Saturday, all roads lead to the MCG.
And at the nexus of our sporting, political and cultural power, VIPs headed up the escalator from door 3 to gather in the Olympic Room of the MCG for the AFL commission lunch.The PM was quick to affix the official 2024 Toyota AFL premiership pin to his jacket lapel, but not a Swans scarf were in the room.
Hood welcomed both the prime minister and Dutton. “I didn’t think we had much in common – but when I was writing this speech I realised that actually all three of us are trying desperately hard to turn around an underperforming organisation,” she said. “The leader of the opposition and I have both gone for a different approach, binding our respective futures to a powerful yet volatile energy source. For Mr Dutton, it’s nuclear fission; for me, it’sHood saved one of her best zingers for rival code rugby league. “Whether today’s game for you is South Melbourne versus Fitzroy, or Sydney versus Brisbane, or NSW versus Queensland – finally a state of origin clash I won’t fall asleep in.
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