https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12868183/Anthony-Albanese-Western-Australia-winery.html



Anthony Albanese is called out over his holiday to a West Australian winery
with Jodie Haydon where he had a glass from a $500 bottle of red amid cost of living crisis

    Albanese enjoyed a $500 bottle of wine on holiday
    Opposition claims he's 'lost touch with everyday Australians'
    READ MORE: Aussies unleash at Albanese over nightmare Christmas

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By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:31 AEDT, 16 December 2023 | Updated: 01:59 AEDT, 16 December 2023



Anthony Albanese has been called out for drinking a glass of $500 red wine at a West Australian vineyard while many Aussies struggle to enjoy Christmas amid the cost-of-living crisis.

The Prime Minister enjoyed some downtime in the state's southwest this week with his partner Jodie Haydon, visiting two wineries.

He paid a visit to Cullen Wines in Margaret River where he tasted some of the 2017 Cullen Vanya Flower Day Cabernet Sauvignon which retails for $500.

Mr Albanese and Ms Haydon also stopped by the Pierro Vineyards for a tasting at L.A.S. Vino before returning to Melbourne for the memorial service of Labor MP Peta Murphy on Friday.

The PM's travels have since been criticised by WA Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash.

'Every Australian deserves a decent holiday, (but) we can't help but wonder if our Prime Minister has lost touch with the struggles of everyday Australians,' she told The West.

'Many Australians are battling with even the basics this Christmas - let alone tasting expensive bottles of wine.'

Comment:

$500 bottles of wine is no problem when other people are paying for it...champagne socialists.


I say:

Albo's mass immigration program -

1 million people since the end of Covid has caused all the battler renters
who voted for him to have massive rent increases -

property prices have skyrocketed too -

he doesn't give a stuff about Australians -
he's a traitor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_socialist

Gordon wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:15pm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_socialist

Champagne socialist
   

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term references champagne as a symbol of affluence.

Champagne socialist is a political term commonly used in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It is a popular epithet that implies a degree of hypocrisy, and it is closely related to the concept of the liberal elite.[3] The phrase is used to describe self-identified anarchists, communists, socialists and liberals whose luxurious upper class or "preppy" lifestyles, metonymically including consumption of champagne, are ostensibly in conflict with their political beliefs.


Australia and New Zealand

In Australia and New Zealand, the variant "Chardonnay socialist" was used, as Chardonnay was seen as a drink of affluent people.[12][13][14] By the late 1990s, chardonnay had become more readily available and generally consumed[14] in Australia; today it is the most dominant white wine variety produced in the country. As a result, the drink's association with elitism has faded.

Staunch Australian right-wingers also used the term to deride those who supported what they considered "middle-class welfare"—government funding for the arts, free tertiary education, and the ABC.[15]

Poor Albo - he's doing it tough for Xmas.   :-?

I vote for the Cocktail Party.
I know some vote for the Pool Party.

I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it.

Setanta wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:28pm:

I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it.

OK - are you a Champagne socialist?

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:30pm:

Setanta wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 8:28pm: I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it. OK - are you a Champagne socialist?

I probably don't meet the criteria, whatever it is.

Setanta wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:31pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 8:30pm: Setanta wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 8:28pm: I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it. OK - are you a Champagne socialist? I probably don't meet the criteria, whatever it is.

Would Jesus have tasted rum from a $250 bottle?

Labor wankers like Monk, Pecca and Smith voted for that hypocritical prick.

Bobby, Jealousy is such a curse.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:01pm:

Bobby, Jealousy is such a curse.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

You voted for him too -  SHAME.   :-[

Goober, you're such an idiot.

John Smith wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:05pm:

Goober, you're such an idiot.

You voted for him.

Setanta wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:28pm:

I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it.

Way back in my yoof I had too much rum, cheap Bundy garbage and could not stomach the thought of rum again. Then many years later someone gave me a try of an insanely expensive sipping rum, very very nice.

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:04pm:

[quote author=Brian_Ross link=1702721437/11#11 date=1702724485]Bobby, Jealousy is such a curse.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

You voted for him too -  SHAME.   :-[/quote]

I suppose you'd prefer Morriscum as PM?  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

This forum is full of champagne socialists who voted for Albasneezy.

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:07pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:04pm: [quote author=Brian_Ross link=1702721437/11#11 date=1702724485]Bobby, Jealousy is such a curse.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::) You voted for him too -  SHAME.   :-[/quote] I suppose you'd prefer Morriscum as PM?  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

ScoMo is just another lying scumbag.

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:06pm:

John Smith wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:05pm: Goober, you're such an idiot. You voted for him.

I would have if I'd lived in his electorate. 

John Smith wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:09pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:06pm: John Smith wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:05pm: Goober, you're such an idiot. You voted for him. I would have if I'd lived in his electorate.

You're another rusted on Labor voter -

the type that has ruined our country.

Albo loves a glass of red then a visit to the rub'n'tug.

I am not suggesting that Minister Albanese has acted unlawfully.   It's also clear that the services available from True Thai Massage include non-sexual massage services, notwithstanding the very openly available sexual services on offer at the premises (as confirmed at 10.20AM today by a private investigator who visited the business and was offered a sexual service for money without soliciting the offer).

https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2019/04/nines-aca-reviving-memories-of-therapeutic-albos-true-thai-massage-booking-happy-endings.html

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:11pm:

John Smith wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:09pm: Bobby. wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:06pm: John Smith wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 9:05pm: Goober, you're such an idiot. You voted for him. I would have if I'd lived in his electorate.  You're another rusted on Labor voter - the type that has ruined our country.

And you'll forever be an idiot.

Gordon wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 9:17pm:

Albo loves a glass of red then a visit to the rub'n'tug. I am not suggesting that Minister Albanese has acted unlawfully.   It's also clear that the services available from True Thai Massage include non-sexual massage services, notwithstanding the very openly available sexual services on offer at the premises (as confirmed at 10.20AM today by a private investigator who visited the business and was offered a sexual service for money without soliciting the offer). https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2019/04/nines-aca-reviving-memories-of-therapeutic-albos-true-thai-massage-booking-happy-endings.html

;D  ;D  ;D

Albo turned out to be a dud. Is anyone...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIER9eeOrw

WHADDA DUCK was that!!??! :o :o :o
I hope I don't get nightmares of the Avon Lady visiting when I was very young and naive - I couldn't contain my urge to purchase her Containers. Before long, I was addicted to Avon Ladys. Even now, the memory of them is giving me a cold sweat suddenly. Oh when she gave good Tupperware...

I don't care what kind of bottle of wine he wastes time and money on - you can buy a lot of Guinness for $500 .... have a party with all yer mates ...

Setanta wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:28pm:

I returned from WA on Monday after visiting my old man, I brought my youngest son with me. My parents live north of Midland, we drove through the Swan Valley every day we were there. We stopped and did some tasting. Tasted ~$250 a bottle rum. What should be the issue is if the tax payer payed for it.

You get some chocolate too?

As far as Albo goes - good luck to him.

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16^th, 2023 at 8:12pm:

Comment: $500 bottles of wine is no problem when other people are paying for it...champagne socialists. I say: Albo's mass immigration program - 1 million people since the end of Covid has caused all the battler renters who voted for him to have massive rent increases - property prices have skyrocketed too - he doesn't give a stuff about Australians - he's a traitor.

No-one paid for it Bobby apart from the Hosts.

Albo has been to a gin distillery then owned and run by some mates of mine in Tasmania and I know he tasted their most expensive drop......at their, not Albo's, not the taxpayers' expense.

Imagine wasting $500 on Albanese sipping it away.

It's like wasting $60 for an imaginary cake made of bullsh_it.

Aussie wrote on Dec 17^th, 2023 at 3:22pm:

Bobby. wrote on Dec 16th, 2023 at 8:12pm: Comment: $500 bottles of wine is no problem when other people are paying for it...champagne socialists. I say: Albo's mass immigration program - 1 million people since the end of Covid has caused all the battler renters who voted for him to have massive rent increases - property prices have skyrocketed too - he doesn't give a stuff about Australians - he's a traitor. No-one paid for it Bobby apart from the Hosts. Albo has been to a gin distillery then owned and run by some mates of mine in Tasmania and I know he tasted their most expensive drop......at their, not Albo's, not the taxpayers' expense.

OK - and whenever Albo  brings out his story about being brought up
by a single mum in a council flat, it just breaks my little heart.
He deserves every drop of that $500 wine.   ::)

Albo says - let them eat cake:


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12861775/Anthony-Albanese-government-called-cost-living-soars.html


Aussies unleash at Anthony Albanese about their nightmare before Christmas:
The dire words the Prime Minister won't want to hear


The comments coincide with research released on Friday, which found that 14 million Australians will significantly downsize their Christmas,
with 5.3million of those not able to afford a Christmas meal.


    Australian mother has complained about rising household costs
    Others agreed 'everyone is in the same boat'
    Research shows millions of Australians are struggling
    Albanese government revealed no new support in budget update
    READ MORE: Alan Kohler on real reasons for housing crises

By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 07:55 AEDT, 15 December 2023 | Updated: 13:27 AEDT, 15 December 2023

   
An Australian mother has spoken out about how her family is struggling with the soaring cost of living despite the Reserve Bank boss insisting households and businesses are in 'pretty good shape'.

The comments coincide with research released on Friday, which found that 14 million Australians will significantly downsize their Christmas, with 5.3million of those not able to afford a Christmas meal.

The poll conducted by PureProfile on behalf of The Salvation Army interviewed 2,005 people and found about one in 10 Australians will rely on charitable support over the festive season.

The research also found 57.7 per cent will spend less on food at Christmas, 47.4 per cent will purchase fewer presents, and 41.9 per cent will refuse invitations to social events.

'In this lucky country, too many are going without food, medication and utilities. Many more don't even have housing,' Salvation Army's Major Brendan Nottle said.

'Behind every statistic here is a real person – many desperately struggling to get by and making painful decisions on what to go without... Never have we seen a time where the gap between the rich and poor has been so great.'