When Josh Frydenberg lost both the Treasury and his seat, a bizarre rumour did the rounds hypothesising he’d been approached for Gillon McLachlan’s soon-to-be-vacant position as AFL CEO. The suggestion was always far-fetched, and with the AFL interviewing shortlisted candidates in the past week, Frydenberg’s name has not made the dispatches.

Though it has made others. At last Thursday’s President’s Club function at the Carlton Football Club, the former treasurer kissed goodbye to the No 1 ticketholder position, that ceremonial role having been passed (by Blues president and ex-PwC chief Luke Sayers) to multiple Grand Slam winner and former Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott.