PM: "I Attend Lots Of Dinners With The Weird Sons Of Colourful Billionaires, You'll Have To Be More Specific"

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The Prime Minister is defending dinner guests this week after certain sections of the media have come down on him like a tonne of feathers for rattling the plate at a secluded dinner in Sydney.

First reported in the Australian Financial Review, Anthony Albanese dined with a gentleman called Felix Lee at his old man's gaff down in Point Piper, the wang of Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.

It was allegedly in exchange for some donations and walking around money, much of which will eventually trickle down to this newspaper if you believe everything you read and hear on the ABC. For that, we thank Felix and his colourful father for their generous support. We also thank the Prime Minister for his service to this masthead and suffering the indignity of sitting through said dinner.

Earlier this month, Albanese was pictured bumping knees with Anthony Pratt, another weird guy who is the son of an eccentric billionaire. This one happened at Pratt's Sydney bolthole above Circular Quay. Dan Andrews was also there, sporting a messy goatee. Nobody knows what happened there but considering Dan was there, it must've been pretty crook.

As he is a friend to the organisation, the Prime Minister was able to provide comment on the matter and clarify some statements he made to David Speers on Insiders the other day.

"Boys, what I meant to say was that I have lots of dinners with the sons of billionaires. It's part of the Prime Minister's job description," he said.

"We all know Hawkey used to go up to Ellerston to play 18 with Kerry. That's just doing business. Paul Keating used to smoke Marlboros in the front row at the Sydney Theatre Company with Ros Packer. Kevin Rudd would call up Rupert Murdoch from time to time and menacingly threaten his personal safety. It's just doing business, boys,"

"You're businessmen, how many dehumanising things have you had to do just to keep the lights on? Probably a lot. I rest my case."

The Advocate reached out to Felix Lee and Anthony Pratt for comment but they have yet to respond.

More to come.