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Anti-Labor activist wins Albanese tennis match auction to have ‘very firm words’ with him

Sky News Australia

July 2, 2026

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Former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint reacts to mortgage broker Joseph Daoud spending $16,500 to win a charity auction tennis match with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Ms Flint said she expects Mr Daoud to have some “very firm words” with the prime minister about the “mess” he’s making of the property market. “At least for once we are seeing the prime minister using tennis for good, because of course the prime minister, when he is usually associated with tennis, he’s running away from a scandal or disaster,” she told Sky News host James Morrow. “Viewers would remember when he flew into Alice Springs during the riots for two hours and spent longer at the Australian Open. “I think it is wonderful to see democracy in action, whereby someone who has a very important axe to grind with the prime minister about the absolute mess he is making of our property market can do so.”

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