Overseas Aussie rage grows as Lord Sugar jets in

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The Australian Psycho had better do something about this other than palm it to the states or it’s going to turn toxic leading into Xmas, not least since he keeps whining about state borders, via Domain:

Alan Sugar, a British Lord, revealed on Twitter that he had secured one of the estimated 30 seats on an Emirates flight from London to Sydney this week.

He subsequently announced he had been announced as the host of Celebrity Apprentice Australia, a reality show being produced by Warner Bros for the Nine Network.

…Passengers have repeatedly complained of being bumped from flights at the last-minute for those paying higher fares or other priority.

Opposition foreign affairs spokesperson Senator Penny Wong questioned the government priorities in light of the exception for Sugar.

…Sugar’s case is the latest in a string of high-profile exemptions granted to sporting figures and celebrities who have been able to travel in and out of Australia despite the bans and caps causing chaos and misery for tens of thousands of citizens and their families.

There is something very important missing from the personality of Scott Morisson. An empathy for, and understanding of, his obligations to Australians as PM.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.