But Kassabgi is no longer involved with the club after declining to stand for re-election at a special general meeting last month. Days later, he set up a new charity, the Northern Rivers Tennis Foundation Limited, which managed to nab the rights to play on courts in nearby Mullumbimby.
Will Minns be invited back? We won’t be shocked, especially with rumours swirling around Byron about Kassabgi and his fashionista wife Courtney Miller both considering a tilt at either state or federal politics. We also hear Kassabgi’s planning to write a book, so often the sign of someone who isn’t done yet, beautiful home in paradise be damned!
Season of giving
What do you get for the man who has everything?
In Donald Trump’s case, the answer, it seems, is a model submarine.
Anthony Albanese’s meeting with the US president went about as well as the prime minister could’ve hoped. But the obligatory gift exchange lacked the friendly vibes of Albo’s interactions with former president Joe Biden.
President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House.Credit: AP
Albanese didn’t offer details of what he’d given Trump until pushed by journalists.
“We had a gift for Melania. We had jewellery, we had a submarine model for the president, and we had some Ugg booties for the president’s newest granddaughter to come along, and I’m sure they will be very well received,” he said.
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As for what Trump gave him?
“I’ll probably get whatever has come to us in about three years and six months after it goes through all the security things and PM&C, all of that. I’ll just leave it there. Thanks very much,” Albo said, ending the press conference.
So far, so mysterious. The PM’s office didn’t offer further clues.
But when Biden gave Albanese a custom-made turntable ahead of a 2023 state dinner, we knew straight away. And when Albo gave Biden a personalised air force leather jacket, he mentioned it straight up. To be fair, it’s a little more thoughtful than a toy submarine.
Another gift from Biden to Albo was a watch from Detroit-based manufacturer Shinola, whose pieces retail in the low four figures. Albanese must’ve really loved it, because he was wearing it on Monday, during his meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.
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