article_snippet.sent: Audience member Lauren Hayes asked Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb if Audience member Lauren Hayes thought Mr Abbott's  'display of irresponsible drinking was an act of peer pressure or an attempt to become more popular with younger voters'.
article_snippet.sent: This sparked Hinch to question if binge drinking was as prevalent back when Hinch was younger as it was today.
article_snippet.sent: To which the radio personality replied: 'I drank because I like the taste of wine.'
article_snippet.sent: The episode came after a video surfaced of Tony Abbott skolling a beer in a Sydney pub on the weekend .
article_snippet.sent: Tony Abbott downed a schooner of beer in about six seconds while patrons cheered and encouraged Tony Abbott . '
article_snippet.sent: Normally I look at Tony Abbott and Tony Abbott belongs to that breed of... comedians who think the louder you tell a joke the funnier it gets.
highlights_snippet.sent: The pair were speaking about the binge drinking culture in Australia .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Radio broadcaster Hinch said Radio broadcaster Hinch drank because Radio broadcaster Hinch liked 'the taste of wine'
  This was met with Comedian Dave Hughes replying: 'That's because you're