Who made the list for lunch with Rupert
In case you haven’t seen the media sections of today’s national newspapers News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch is in Sydney inspecting the troops.
And to celebrate he threw a lavish lunch at restaurant Catalina, where he served up an “entree of marron tail or pork belly, and main of kingfish or beef tenderloin.” according to The Australian’s newly founded lunch column.
But while the papers made much of the tight security and who’s who of the political establishment who made the journey to pay homage, Dr Mumbo was most interested in which media buyers had caught the favour of the newspaper baron.
What was more interesting was Clive Palmer’s tweet Rupe was in Canberra the morning Pollies returned for Parlt. Why? Who’d he meet with?
Rupe’s Canberra visit was followed by an editorial in The Australian cataloguing Abbotts failures, and again targeting Peta Credlin and the PMO.
Remember Rupe once told us: Australia Needs Tony. What Australia needs is for Newscorpse to pay more tax, and remove itself from the political process.
Australia Needs Tony? Well, that did the trick, now Australia needs to move onto Scott.
We all know it right?
Given the hype in the media, the interesting image of the one time Sun King’s visit is the paucity of big shots in attendance. No doubt he saw whomever he liked in private (as per his recent habit of attending 10 Downing St by the rear entrance). But there wasn’t exactly a stellar showing at his public parades.
One thing is clear: he gave Mitchell and Whittaker the clear mail that the Libs are a risky bet. Hence the immediate signals. It will be amusing to watch how old Fox lays his each way stakes in the run up to the next poll. Can Miranda Devine discover the virtues of Shorten? Will Sheridan suddenly think less of Tony and more of Bishop? It’s like Kremlin-watching.