Daniel Andrews shrugs off questions about barbecue he and PM attended at Lindsay Fox’s mansion

Coalition demands answers about Anthony Albanese's meeting with billionaire following helicopter ride reports

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Daniel Andrews has scoffed at criticism of a barbecue he attended with Anthony Albanese at the mansion of the billionaire transport magnate Lindsay Fox, joking that journalists should seek an interview from the gas bottle".

But the federal Coalition is demanding answers about the prime minister's meeting with Fox, alleging he was prioritising billionaires over flood victims" by not travelling to the Kimberley until two days after visiting Fox in Portsea, Victoria.