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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Taylor Swift v Pixies: what the free tickets claimed by Australian prime ministers reveal about our leaders

Left to right: Anthony Albanese, Malcolm Turnbull, Taylor Swift, Nick Cave, Jimmy Barnes, Elton John and Scott Morrison
Prime ministers and their favourite pop stars … from left: Anthony Albanese, Malcolm Turnbull, Taylor Swift, Nick Cave, Jimmy Barnes, Elton John and Scott Morrison. Composite: AAP/AP/Reuters/Getty Images/Ben Gibson

Now he is no longer prime minister, will Scott Morrison have to scramble with the rest of Australia for tickets to Taylor Swift’s 2024 Eras concerts? And will his successor Anthony Albanese get his for free?

The last time Swift toured in 2018 Australia Morrison was the country’s newly minted leader and the Australian Hotels Association New South Wales made him a gift of four tickets to the pop star’s Reputation tour. It appears to be the only cultural event Morrison accepted free tickets to while PM, according to the Australian parliament’s pecuniary interests register, where gifts valued at more than $300 received by politicians, their spouses and children must be declared.

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