The main prize up for grabs at Wednesday night’s Gold Dinner – recently dubbed the country’s “most glamorous charity gala”, raising money for the Sydney’s Children’s Hospital – was a private audience with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
We’re told bids rose in lots of $25,000 before the auctioneer, 2GB’s Ray Hadley, appeared to find softening demand for the prize. Hadley, reliable shit-stirrer he is, turned to Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull hoping they’d get in on it. People in the room were led to believe Lucy then pitched up $100,000. Did the wife of a former Liberal prime minister come to save the day, saving some blushes for the Labor prime minister? Organisers later said the winner was “anonymous”.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
