Well it's been a busy month for Andros Walsh.
He called me recently while staying on Necker Island as Richard Branson's guest in Bali High. According to Andros, Richard called him on his way to Australia to launch the re-branded Virgin Australia. Richard said, 'Andros, if you're around, I'd love for you to be my guest at the island. You know where I keep the spare key of course'. And that was that. Andros flew out to Necker for a few days of R & R.
What, you may be wondering, has this got to do with Australian Politics? He needed some time off to get away from the buzz of the Australian Federal Budget.
Late April, Andros Walsh arrived back in Australia from working in Morocco. He landed in Canberra and immediately made his way to Parliament House to go over the 2011/12 Budget with Wayne Swan. Much was discussed over the following week, as coffee, tea and buscuits were consumed into the wee hours of the nights. Andros helped Wayne nut-out the finer points of a federal budgeting masterpiece! Only to find that on the evening of delivering the Budget, the copy Andros Walsh had worked on so diligently had been swapped for another, more atrocious document prepared by Money-Penny Wong and Prime Minister Gillard. The swapped-out document should have been sent directly to the Sorbent toilet paper factory as it was terribly inconsistent with Andros' expert advice, given only hours earlier.
Never the less, Andros Walsh passed his brilliant document directly to Liberal leader Tony Abbot for his rebuttal. And all was ok in the end.
But as you can imagine, Andros was in much need of rest and relaxation after a very 'taxing' time back in Australia.
Andros Walsh will move on from Necker Island to Los Angeles, where he will appear as a Guest Host on the popular TV series Man v Food.
What an amazing month for the most interesting person I know.. Mr. Andros Walsh.
Stay tuned for the next installment of The Truth About Andros Walsh.
Stephen Tan
