Penny Wong (Adelaide)

The Minister for Finance Penny Wong is one tough nut to crack, but Annabel’s famed Mandarin Crème Brûlée has loosened the tongues of countless pollies over the years. Minister for Finance Penny Wong has one of the most famous poker faces in the Gillard Government. In this episode, though, as she cooks a dish of particular personal significance, Senator Wong talks about some of life’s complications; her unsuccessful attempt to save the world with Kevin Rudd at Copenhagen, for example, and her quest to preserve her own privacy despite having a private life that might as well, given current political circumstances, have neon lights all over it. Why did she have herself baptised at a youthful age? How strange was it to be the only Asian kid at her Aussie primary school? What makes her lose her temper? What is Belachan? All will be revealed…