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Australia’s defence minister is usually fastidious in declaring sources of items or hospitality. So why the secrecy around a easy game of golf?
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Early December last year, on the eve of a high-level meeting in Washington to seal the $368 billion AUKUS deal, Defence Minister Richard Marles took outing for a game of golf. But it certainly was no longer correct any passe hit.
The venue was the Baltusrol Golf Membership in Recent Jersey — a fabulous championship direction repeatedly ranked second simplest to Augusta National, the place of the US Masters.
Baltusrol (named after a one-time local resident called Baltus Roll) is a membership for the elite of the elite. Its board of governors is drawn from the ranks of high-drawer attorneys and investment bankers. Membership is by invitation simplest. Joining bills are US$150,000. Annual bills are US$18,500. A single round prices US$125 plus US$70 (excluding tip) for a caddie.
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Poltics About the Author
David Hardaker
Investigations Editor @d_hardaker
David Hardaker has an broad career as a journalist and broadcaster, primarily at the ABC the place he labored on flagship programs such as Four Corners, 7.30, International Correspondent, AM and PM. He spent eight years reporting in the Center East and can speak Arabic.
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