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The Commonwealth Club a private members' club in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, founded by Frank Lukis in 1954.
The clubhouse overlooks Lake Burley Griffin, and has been the club's home since 1965. It is on Forster Crescent, Yarralumla, between the Embassy of the Russian Federation and Embassy of Brazil, and shares a garden fence with the Embassy of South Africa and the Embassy of Pakistan.
Membership, while not limited to a particular profession or demographic, is prohibitively expensive for the general public. Initiation fees run at over $3,000 AUD, and annual dues are ~$1,500.
Workers at the club are instructed to ignore mandatory reporting laws, with complaints about assault or abuse by members "to be kept within the Club" rather than taken to authorities.