The Sunday Telegraph was present at the dinner and photographed the auction list, which also included a pair of fishnet stockings autographed by former foreign minister Alexander Downer.ĭuring his 50-minute speech at the dinner, 2GB host and veteran broadcaster told the group of 100 Young Liberals that John Gillard's death was the fault of his proud child. The annual $100-per-head Sydney University Liberal Club President's Dinner was held on the top floor of Sydney's Waterfront restaurant in The Rocks last Saturday.
Jones bid on and won the jacket, but said the auction wasn't his idea. The material is a reference to the broadcaster's infamous comment that Julia Gillard should be "put in a chaff bag and thrown into the sea". The dinner also featured an auction with items that included a jacket made of chaff bags autographed by Jones. He issued the apology following today's Sunday Telegraph report about his speech to the Sydney University Liberal Club President's Dinner. Jones added that he had been the target of Twitter trolls, who had said they wished his prostate cancer would return. He said he'd raised money in the past for female candidates and he resented any suggestion he didn't think women should be involved in public office. Jones said he did not dislike the Prime Minister, but did dislike her policies. He said that he was sober when he remade the remark. "I spoke without notes for 58 minutes, I've no idea of the material I covered," he said. Jones said he did not know there was a Sunday Telegraph journalist in the audience, or that his comments were being recorded. "It was a throw-away thing at a private function - I thought it was a private function." I'm old enough and smart enough to know that shouldn't have happened," Jones said. He said he had heard the "died of shame" remark at a children's party, and likened it to "black-humoured comments" made in the trenches of Gallipoli.
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