Midwinter Ball: Leaders gather for Canberra’s night of nights
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Jodie Haydon and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and wife Kirilly.
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Greens Senators Larissa Waters and Dorinda Cox.
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A close-up of Senator Dorinda Cox purse.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his wife Laura Chalmers.
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Labor MP Josh Burns and his partner Georgie Purcell.
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe.
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NDIS Minister Bill Shorten with daughter Georgette.
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ASIC chair Joe Longo and his partner Mary-Eileen Scanlan.
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Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly.
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Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly sends a message.
Alex Ellinghausen
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Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill and Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King.
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Female Coalition MPs and senators arrive at the ball.
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Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
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Fiona Scott, Senator David Pocock’s chief of staff, and her partner Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science.
Alex Ellinghausen
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Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney shows off her IUD earrings.
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Nine Entertainment’s new chair Catherine West.
Alex Ellinghausen
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Nine’s managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, and executive editor of Nine’s metro mastheads, Luke McIlveen.
James Brickwood
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ABC political writer and commentator Annabel Crabb.
Alex Ellinghausen
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Actress Rachel Griffiths and Minister for Home Affairs Clare O’Neil.
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Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus with niece Fee Chemke-Dreyfus.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon make an entrance.
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Secretary of NSW Treasury Michael Coutts-Trotter, Minister for the Environment and Water of Australia Tanya Plibersek, Georgette Shorten and NDIS Minister Bill Shorten.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese makes the rounds.
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Teal independents gather on the steps: Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Kylea Tink, Zoe Daniel, Kate Chaney and Sophie Scamps.
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Independent Senator David Pocock and his wife Emma Palandri.
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Independent MP Helen Haines and her husband Phil Haines.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles.
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Communications Minister Michelle Rowland and her husband Michael.
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National Party leader David Littleproud and Amelia Dobson.
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