Ticket prices for Michelle Obama’s first-ever speaking event in Australia ranged from $895 for a platinum package to $195 for the cheapest seats. The event in Melbourne drew a sizeable crowd despite the high prices, with some attendees receiving unexpected seat upgrades due to unexplained production requirements. Visible empty areas near the front suggested demand may not have matched expectations. The tour reaches only Melbourne and Sydney and is organized by Growth Faculty, which focuses on workplace leadership events. Host Annabel Crabb said she would not ask Obama about current politics, citing a convention for former first ladies. Obama responded with jokes and sharp, veiled political remarks, including a line about imagining the dumbest person in politics and a comment on why people who benefit from terrible behavior are unhappy.
"When Crabb quoted the former Australian senator Amanda Vanstone as saying, Think of the dumbest guy you know in politics, Obama interjected with: Everyone, close your eyes. Just imagine! Hmmm. The applause and laughter of the crowd almost drowned out the rest of the quote. (When a woman that dumb can succeed in politics, that's equality.) Asked how she felt her famed catchphrase, When they go low, we go high, resonated now when so many prominent figures seem to benefit from openly terrible behaviour, Obama said, You know those folks aren't happy."
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