Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews linked to purchase of Crown-owned Capital Golf Club after rejection from multiple elite clubs
The Herald Sun reports that Mr Andrews is connected to a consortium which is seeking to buy the Capital Golf Club in Heatherton, as Crown Entertainment seeks to offload it to focus on its core business.
According to the Australian Financial Review, the Capital Golf Club was reserved for Crown's highest paying customers and celebrities, including pro golfer Tiger Woods and Canadian pop singer Celine Dion.
The rumours come as Mr Andrews struggled to gain membership at elite Mornington Peninsula golf clubs after he designated the area as part of Greater Melbourne during the Covid pandemic lockdowns, meaning they were subjected to harsh lockdowns.
The former premier, who left office in 2023 reportedly tried to get membership to the Moonah Links Golf Resort - with billionaire Max Beck putting him in as a nominee member - but the club issued a statement on Facebook last year confirming that Mr Andrews was not a member.
'Moonah Links Golf Resort wishes to address recent public speculation regarding former Premier Daniel Andrews,' the statement said.
'We can confirm that Mr Daniel Andrews is not a member of Moonah Links Golf Resort," it went onto say.
The statement was issued after he was banned from the Portsea Golf Club on the Mornington Peninsula. Sky News host Steve Price threatened to tear up his membership if the former Premier was allowed to play.
During the pandemic, Melbourne became the longest locked down city in the world, with strict curfews stopping people from leaving their homes between 8pm and 5am with strict fines and threatening arrest if they did not have a valid reason for being outside.
In April this year, the Victorian Liberal Party obtained emails under a freedom of information request that there was no scientific basis for the curfew, demanding that current Premier Jacinta Allan front state parliament and explain herself.
The state government maintains that any measures taken during the pandemic was to protect Melburnians and Victorians and was done based on the scientific advice available.
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