Seeing a man about a horse
With all the horse trading in Canberra moved towards the end of its second week, The Note hears one participant absented himself to get down and dusty watching steer wrestling and other such good old-fashioned outback entertainment.
Was it Bob Katter? We hear you ask.
While The Note can’t actually speak for Mr Katter’s weekend activities (except for his continuing efforts to strengthen our borders against boatloads of sugar) we can tell that squillionaire Andrew Forrest took time out from his lobbying activities to visit the Robe River Pannawonica Rodeo.
Our operative reckons Mr Forrest was spotted in the bar at a time that may or may not have been after dark – a level of informative precision that attests to the special nature of this event.
That has also placed a big question mark on whether the mining magnate was sporting a shirt bearing the motif ‘Liberals for Forrests’. The Note is certain Twiggy, as he is fondly known, has political aspirations, but doubts he’d wear anything with words on to a rodeo.
Speaking of resources chiefs and sporting connections, The Note was impressed by the big ‘Go Freo’ sign on the Woodside building at the weekend, but then heard CEO Don Voelte – supposedly the Fremantle Dockers’ number one fan – was on a US roadshow until at least the grand final. That would be optimistic planning and shows someone has failed miserably at Diary Management 101.
However, the Don has not left football entirely behind him. Rumour has it that he’s got a gig as guest coach of the Cornhuskers, the gridiron team from his home state of Nebraska.
The Note wondered what AFL tips he could bring to ‘Huskers? Maybe they’ll burst through a big banner as they enter the field?