‘Training ground': Kamala Harris speaks at Australian real estate conference
Sky News contributor Kosha Gada comments on Former US vice president Kamala Harris' Australian real estate conference appearance.
'That's just the era we live in, once you're part of the club … you only fail upwards,' Ms Gada told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
Her speaking fees are rumoured to be $ 200,000 to $ 300,000 USD.
'Maybe that's why she came all the way to the other end of the world here in Australia … it feels to me like it's her training ground.'
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