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Tech visa lobby foots bill for Andrew Bragg’s Christmas bash

It’s less glamorous than the Hemmes-sponsored party of 2023, but at least anyone interested in skilled migration or international student caps was happy.

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Liberal senator Andrew Bragg’s 2023 Christmas party was a glitzy affair, sponsored by Sydney’s billionaire party king Justin Hemmes. It had the venue (not disclosed), drinks and canapes you’d expect of a Merivale shindig.

His 2024 Christmas bash was a less glamorous affair, according to Bragg. The venue (not disclosed, again) was somewhere in Barangaroo and the senator’s parliamentary disclosures show the sponsor was the Australian Computer Society.

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Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com
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