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Holidays

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Malcolm Knox Journalist, author and columnist October 10, 2025 — 3.40pm

For a prime minister with a large majority, nothing spells hubris better than a poorly chosen holiday destination. Anthony Albanese and his fiancee Jodie Haydon are reportedly planning their first break since the federal election. Here’s some free advice on do’s and don’ts, go’s and no-go’s, whys and why nots.

Foreign destinations

Hawaii: Never. Not now, not ever.

Mar-a-Lago, Florida: Literally “Sea to Lake”, it sounds so very classy. With cheating-friendly golf courses, on-site Botox, gold-plated toilets and in-room pumps to fill your own tyres, it’s cashed-up bogan nirvana. It might also offer you your best chance of ever meeting the US president or Gina Rinehart. On the other

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