Mortgage broker forks out $16k to play tennis against the PM

A mortgage broker paid sixteen thousand five hundred dollars for a very direct audience with the Prime Minister. According to ABC News Australia, he won a tennis match against the PM at Canberra's Midwinter Ball, using the court to air his frustrations over the budget's negative gearing tax policy. It's likely the most expensive personal lobbying in Australian politics—at least this grudge match came with a racquet.

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