Frydenberg, we hear, is over the moon at the prospect of delivering the speech which has been a tradition since the breakfast was first held at the former Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne in 1967. (Every PM since John Gorton, bar Billy McMahon, has had a crack.) Morrison, who keeps insisting he supports NRL team the Cronulla Sharks, acknowledged the "religious fever" for AFL across the country in his maiden address last year, conceding he felt like "an atheist turning up at the pearly gates". A passionate Carlton supporter, Frydenberg is known for sharing his views over the on-field efforts of his side with the press gallery — and won't have any such problems. Among his favourite yarns to spin is his re-telling of Blues legend Alex Marcou stealing cutlery on a visit to The Lodge in 1982 for a tribute dinner hosted by Malcolm Fraser. BEING SWITZERLAND

Meanwhile, what is an erstwhile Greater Western Sydney board member to do? Gabrielle Trainor has found herself in the difficult position of being an (officially non-partisan) AFL commissioner while also being a mad Giants fan. Indeed, for five years she was a board member of the Tony Shepherd-chaired outfit. So when she turns up at the Melbourne Cricket Ground come Saturday, will she be in the GWS orange or in the appropriately neutral corporate regalia? CBD’s sources have suggested AFL Commission chairman Richard Goyder, our man at Wesfarmers, has given Trainor the green light to support her side.

We are confident Trainor will be taking Goyder up on that offer. And quite right too. Alongside Trainor at the official AFL formalities, from what we can gather, are a slew of Australian cricketers basking in the glow of not being disgraced cheats. Australian co-vice-captain Pat Cummins will be there for the festivities along with women’s captain Meg Lanning, as will Cummins’ teammates Mitchell Starc (a serious GWS fan), Nathan Lyon, Peter Siddle and Usman Khawaja. NETWORK CUP Just how did Morrison, on the other hand, fare on the overseas big-hitter stakes?

Loading As we reported, the PM was with Australia’s Consul- General to New York Alastair Walton on Tuesday and at lunch with KKR private equity boss Henry Kravis, Blackstone billionaire Tony James and New York Stock Exchange president Stacey Cunningham. But according to details of Jacinda Ardern’s itinerary, sent to CBD, New Zealand’s prime minister might just have had a similarly moneyed run. There was a bilateral meeting with Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and another with Microsoft chief executive Brad Smith on Monday, then a one-on-one with President Donald Trump and another with King Abdullah of Jordan. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and European Council president Donald Tusk got a look in on Tuesday. Of course that’s all well and good but no state dinner.

CLOSING TIME When will Liberal MP Catherine Cusack learn? It was only two years ago the now parliamentary secretary was revealed to have sent a late-night email rant to Premier Gladys Berejiklian about moderate faction heavyweight Don Harwin. (She also once sent a complaint text message meant for a staffer to former premier Mike Baird to a journalist at the Daily Telegraph.)