Gamble Breaux : Tony Abbott Loves Me!

Tony Abbott knows all about housewives and not just the ones who do the ironing.

According to The Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gamble Breaux, the Minister for Women reportedly recognised her at Parliament House on budget night.

“I met the Prime Minister and he came up to me and said, ‘Oh Gamble, I know you, you’re famous somehow’,” Breaux told Fairfax Media.

The Sydney-born, Melbourne-based reality star met the Prime Minister in the member for La Trobe Jason Wood’s suite.

“Jason had some tickets to go into the public gallery and watch the Treasurer hand down the budget so we all put our names into a ballot and mine got drawn out. I went in while the others, some lovely people, potato farmers and real estate agents, stayed back and had a cheese plate and some drinks.

“Then we went to a dinner with Malcolm Turnbull, he sat down and had dessert with us then I went back to the Hyatt and had some more drinks.”

While the Coalition may have got offside with a number of its constituents in the past two weeks by accusing some mothers of rorting the welfare system, Breaux’s trip to Canberra for budget night, aka the Oscars for smart people, has ignited her passion to become a paid-up member of the blue-tie brigade.

“I vote Liberal but I spend like I’m Labor,” she zinged better than Bill Shorten. “I’m going to a dinner hosted by Julie Bishop soon so I’ll look into how I can become a member then.”

Breaux said the mood inside Parliament House following Joe Hockey’s speech was vibrant. Her take-outs?

“I’m really happy pensioners are not going to have their pensions cut and big offshore corporations here won’t get away with not paying tax anymore,” the star of News Corp’s Foxtel stated.

Despite 15 per cent of the Australia Council’s funding being redirected, Breaux, who works as a consultant for the Billich Gallery did not have a view on the budget cuts to the peak arts body. However, she’ll no doubt be keen to have a go and lend a hand to small businesses keen to invest in artistic tax write-offs in the coming months as some galleries are keen to do.

An avid animal lover and owner of Cash the Pomeranian also weighed in on Barnaby Joyce’s war on [Johnny Depp’s] terriers.

“In my opinion the best outcome would be that the dogs serve their time in Australian quarantine and rejoin Depp in 10 days. Johnny Depp should save his smuggling antics for the sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Gamble Breaux : Tony Abbott Loves Me!