Will the last one out of the parliament please remember to turn the pie warmer off at Aussie’s Cafe? The worst thing we can have now is a fire. Although I accept some cynics believe putting the parliament to the cleansing flames might just be our last best shot at good government.
Ten senators have moved along since this parliament commenced, most frogmarched ignominiously from the big red room, told to pack their belongings into two small cardboard boxes, before their parliamentary lanyards were twain in two with a cutlass and escorted to the front door by two burly security guards.
We no longer have a Deputy Prime Minister, or at least we won’t for a month or so. The Senate President, Stephen Parry resigned and shuffled out the door yesterday. And now, the Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg is under a cloud.
This brings about the delicious prospect of wait staff at the parliament sidling up to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia with a plate of party pies.
“Hungry, minister?”
“No thanks. I already am one.”
Boom tish.
Full column here.
I enjoy the report
Justine Keay’s reason for not disclosing her British citizenship is arguably the worst of all of them Did Bill know?
And there’s another shoe dropped:
“I delayed it — it’s one of those things with the citizenship I knew I could never get it back,” Tasmanian backbencher Justine Keay told her local newspaper the Burnie Advocate on Friday.
Thinking about the deal that Turnbull had to do with the right to become and remain leader reminded me of one of the mini-feature ads that BMW used years ago. They were all directed by Hollywood’s best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qQvXawnmjk
Jack, I’ve been privy to some excellent examples of the fabulously good use to which the extra 140 chars may be put. I’m expecting the PM to use them to convince, even convict, punters with his lawyer’s circumlocution and prolixity.
Link might be useful
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/09/politics/donald-trump-china-xi-jinping/index.html
The travelling freak show rolls on. Congratulations to the President growing into the job, successfully transitioning from sword waving goofball into simpering idiot to suit the occasion.
“I am the messiah, all those before me were idiots………………………. ”
“This evening we will be addressed by President of USA. in order to remain suitably inscrutable you are instructed to suck on a lemon while President is speaking. If you shake President’s hand you must resist the temptation to steal his wallet and watch. Or his suit, underpants or shoes. Please, no thimble and pea demonstrations, President might learn something.”
Whilst I think Dastyari is an ambitious, malignant, political grub and opportunist, he, like all of us, deserves the right to enjoy a meal and a drink with friends without being harassed by aggressive half-wits – that’s what blog sites are for!!( joke). A bit of decorum folks.
According to the Constitution of Australia an English Queen is still our head of state, so what’s so wrong with a few jokers sitting in our national parliament being half a pom anyway?
Plenty