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John Singleton would pay to see Joe Hockey die on Kokoda Trail
March 6th, 2009 | Author: Jim the Backpacker
FEDERAL politician Joe Hockey had the audience eating out of his hand at a Humpty Dumpty Foundation lunch yesterday.
Hockey, who will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in July to help raise $1 million for essential hospital equipment for under-resourced hospitals, half-jokingly told a packed audience that on three separate occasions John Singleton has tried to kill him.
Hockey acknowledged that after many, many beers, Singleton put down $50,000 to see him “die” on a hill in the Balmoral Burn charity run in 2006.
He produced another $50K to see him “die” next to Kevin Rudd on the Kokoda Trail.
Finally he is said to have backed Hockey to climb “Kili” although yesterday Singleton said he is still waiting for Hockey’s request for funds. “I’ll give him $500,000 if he’d become the next premier but $50,000 if he’ll take on Kili,” Singo said.