Boris Johnson mate bankrolls High Commissioner’s Australia Day bash
Former Labor defence and foreign affairs minister Stephen “not the cricketer” Smith started his new job as Australia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom on Australia Day, appropriately enough.
But we reckon the new high commissioner might be sending a “please explain” around the internal comms after the annual Australia Day bash at Australia House on the Strand was partly sponsored by CQS, the hedge fund owned by Baron Michael Hintze, a Sydney raised, London-based billionaire whose political connections are a little different to Smith’s. Read More..