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Tim Cahill scored, that, that volley.

But I remember in that, in the, the, the VIP tribune that we were, um, present, and was, uh, the King of Holland and the Queen.

And, uh, I just saw time and time again, you know, heads of state, uh, very, very senior ranking, um, leaders, uh, attending these kind of fora, and for whatever reason, there wasn't the same kind of presence.

There wasn't certainly a matching presence from Australia.

And I don't know if that was a bit of a, a hangover perhaps that, um, the, the optics, you know, Australians maybe judge that as a, as a bit of a junket or whatever.

Looking backwards, what was the strategic case you were making at the time to the government to host that tournament, particularly given maybe perhaps the specter of, you know, the Qatar 2022 bid hanging over things?

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Tim Cahill scored, that, that volley.

But I remember in that, in the, the, the VIP tribune that we were, um, present, and was, uh, the King of Holland and the Queen.

And, uh, I just saw time and time again, you know, heads of state, uh, very, very senior ranking, um, leaders, uh, attending these kind of fora, and for whatever reason, there wasn't the same kind of presence.

There wasn't certainly a matching presence from Australia.

And I don't know if that was a bit of a, a hangover perhaps that, um, the, the optics, you know, Australians maybe judge that as a, as a bit of a junket or whatever.

Looking backwards, what was the strategic case you were making at the time to the government to host that tournament, particularly given maybe perhaps the specter of, you know, the Qatar 2022 bid hanging over things?