Penny Wong buys $3.4m luxury home weeks after PM’s beach buy
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has purchased a $3.4 million property in one of Adelaide’s most exclusive suburbs just weeks after her boss Anthony Albanese snapped up a $4.3m luxury pad.
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has purchased a $3.4 million property in one of Adelaide’s most exclusive suburbs, revealed on Friday by 2GB’s Ben Fordham.
The luxury purchase comes just weeks after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spent $4.3 million on a beachside property at Copacabana on the NSW Central Coast.
Fordham described Wong’s new home as a “multimillion-dollar” property with high-end features including a grand entryway, a formal dining room, and a large swimming pool set within lush gardens.
“Congratulations. Penny Wong, congratulations. The foreign minister has just bought a multimillion-dollar home,” he said on 2GB.
“According to the real estate ad, guests are ushered into the home via a broad and stately corridor.”
Wong’s office confirmed the purchase, stating that it was a new family home for Wong and her wife, who plan to sell their current property and that of Wong’s mother, who passed away earlier this year.
“Minister Wong and her wife have purchased a new family home. They are preparing to sell their current property and that of the minister’s mother, who passed away earlier this year,” the statement to 2GB read.
This is Wong’s third South Australian property, and while the purchase isn’t yet on the official register, the minister has two weeks to file the disclosure.
The purchase is the latest in a series of controversial headlines for the ALP, who have faced criticism over Albanese’s recent real estate splurge amid a cost-of-living crisis, as well as scrutiny over his free flight upgrades from Qantas during his time in cabinet, when he reportedly had a close relationship with former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.
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