The Source: Outgoing AFL chief Gillon McLachlan heckled at Carbine Club AFL Grand Final lunch

The league’s departing chief rose above an anti-Voice heckler at a rowdy Carbine Club AFL Grand Final luncheon.

Gillon McLachlan has taken an anti-Voice heckler in his stride.

Putting the squeeze on Victoria’s movers, shakers and headline makers.

With high profile and distinguished members including Eddie McGuire, Andrew Dillon, Neale Fraser, Craig Kelly, Brendon Gale, and Gerry Ryan, you’d think the Carbine Club would exude a bit more class.

But no. At the club’s annual AFL Grand Final luncheon, the league’s soon-to-be-departing boss Gillon McLachlan was heckled by a loudmouth.

Gillon was interviewed by his brother Channel 7 broadcaster Hamish McLachlan.

Asked if Gillon had any regrets during his tenure at the AFL, his reply was cut short by a heckler who snorted: “Didn’t get the Voice up, Gill!”

Gillon ignored the comment.

The same bellower yelled out after McGuire told the room Dan Andrew was leaving Spring St. “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Dan,” the Carbine Club’s resident jester said.

Eddie McGuire broke the news of Dan’s retirement at the Carbine Club’s lunch. Picture: David Caird

Adem Somyurek takes farewell dig at Dan

the polarised farewells to Premier Dan Andrews stands a simple tweet from former friend, now sworn enemy, crossbencher Adem Somyurek.

Somyurek was an ALP factional heavy who lost his cabinet perch, then ALP membership after unhelpful allegations of party branchstacking emerged.

“I’m still standing,” he wrote, posting the music clip by Elton John, which opens with these lines:

You could never know what it’s like

Your blood, like winter, freezes just like ice

And there’s a cold, lonely light that shines from you

You’ll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

Elton John - I'm Still Standing https://t.co/CZwRbtPoU6 via @YouTube

— The Hon Adem Somyurek MP (@AdemSomyurek) September 26, 2023

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