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‘I want an Albo membership’: PM’s grant gives golf club staff a headache

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 12, 2026 • 07:25 AM
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Bar staff at the old nine hole course on the banks of the Cooks River are receiving calls from Sydneysiders demanding their own honorary ‘Albo membership’.

‘I want an Albo membership’: PM’s grant gives golf club staff a headache

Officials at the Marrickville Golf Club say bar staff have been copping abuse from people angry about a multimillion-dollar federal government grant to the inner Sydney course in Anthony Albanese’s electorate.

“It is a little bit disappointing when smart alecs ring up our dear bar staff and ask for their Albo money back,” general manager Mathew Ward told an estimates committee hearing into the grant on Thursday. “Our bar staff are not equipped to handle that sort of exchange.”

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