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Plenty of room at Laborâs budget reply bash
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Labor went off reservation and all the way to Bartonâs Realm Hotel as the opposition celebrated ALP leader
Anthony Albaneseâs budget reply speech on Thursday night.
The partyâs Federal Labor Business Forum fundraisers hosted the event, which included a smattering of corporate heavyweight RSVPs, including PwC managing partner
Tom Seymour, KPMG chair
Helen Seidel and McKell Institute chair
Craig Emerson.
Former Queensland premier
Sally Cray.
Credit:John Shakespeare
Laborâs roll call was a far shorter list than the Coalition managed to pull on budget night, but hey, the opposition is never as hot a ticket. Maybe next year, Albo.