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Revellers surprised to discover impromptu cab driver is former Australian PM Kevin Rudd

Alistair MasonApr 07, 2021 Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia PA Archive A former Australian prime minister became an impromptu cab driver when he gave four “lovely but tipsy” strangers a lift during a downpour. Kevin Rudd who served as PM between 2007 and 2010 and again briefly in 2013, had just dropped his family at a restaurant in Queensland on Tuesday and was looking for somewhere to park when he picked up the quartet. His daughter Jessica Rudd tweeted: “Dad just dropped us off at a restaurant in Noosa then went to find a park because it’s raining.It wasn’t. It was Dad’s car. The lovely but tipsy crew had been at the restaurant since lunch and asked for a lift… https://t.co/dskKNqVm7a — Jess Rudd (@Jess Rudd) 1617701049 “Then I thought I saw some people pile into his car, told myself it wasn’t—must be a similar looking Uber. “It wasn’t. It was Dad’s car. Read moreFitness influencer spots man’s sinister behaviour in gym mirror – and TikTok is horrifiedPiers Morgan tried to criticise The Wire and it didn’t go wellRestaurant manager under fire for praising staff who called customers ‘two very annoying Asians’ on receiptWaitress quits on the spot after customer refuses to put on a mask in a restaurantChinese takeaway goes viral for savage responses to customers “The lovely but tipsy crew had been at the restaurant since lunch and asked for a lift to Hastings St. Said they’d pay. “He said he’d give them a lift. Took them half the ride to discover who their driver was.” Mr Rudd, 63, later confirmed the story. @RossAndRussel @3AW693 Guilty as charged. Four young Melburnians getting drenched in a Queensland subtropical downp… https://t.co/gju4WrYI9k — Kevin Rudd (@Kevin Rudd) 1617750077 He wrote: “Guilty as charged. Four young Melburnians getting drenched in a Queensland subtropical downpour at Noosa last night with no Uber in sight… So what’s a man to do? “Good kids. I hope they’ve had some fun up here.” Ms Rudd’s tweet got a positive response on Twitter, with many saying the act was typical of her father. One Twitter user replied: “That’s why your father resonates with Australians.”@Jess_Rudd Great story. That's why your father resonates with Australians — Darwinb0y (he/him) (@Darwinb0y (he/him)) 1617711983 Another said: “He is a good sport your dad. He is a decent man, far and away the most intellectual PM we have had in decades. And he is not frightened to give a hand to those struggling.”

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