Time to zip it
The missive from the NSW Labor Party started simply enough, before ascending the Everest of optimism.
Strewth
Cheeriest cheerio
Among all the happy faces on Saturday night it was hard to go past Alan Jones’s.
Tony’s new leaf
Rarely has a politician’s unfamiliarity with neighbourhood fittings been so obvious as when Tony Abbott encountered a street library.
Tayla beats trolls
Social media trolls may have tried to lewdly mock AFLW star Tayla Harris but the furore has helped promote women’s sport.
The yolk’s on Anning
American comedian John Oliver has picked up on the fuss created by an egg and Fraser Anning.
Capon brought art to the masses
The bad announcement everyone was dreading … Edmund Capon has died.
Eggs mark the spot
The application of yolk to Fraser Anning’s bonce begs a question: What’s the place of the humble egg in Aussie political discourse?
Craig Laundy evades exit signs
The Craig Laundy Question — when will he pull the pin as the federal member for the Sydney seat of Reid? — rolls on.
Not to be negative
One of the joys of shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is his press conference demeanour.
Totally burgered
Michael McCormack’s still young nickname, MickMack, was evidently deemed too beautiful by Scott Morrison.
Nats’ duo lingo
After Nationals leader Michael McCormack’s strange antics, Barnaby Joyce had a hold-my-beer moment.
Change to believe in
It was the moment Linda Reynolds edged out Bill Shorten for the greatest interview ever.
A grand old time
There was some sport over Scott Morrison’s Christmas Island press conference lightening the public purse by $2000 a minute.
PM of many layers
Our musing about an Abbott’s booby wandering into Scott Morrison’s Christmas Island press conference ended abruptly.
Kitchener cabinet
Tony Abbott is looking for war volunteers in his fight to hold Warringah.
Retiring types
It was clear at Scott Morrison’s press conference that the PM is quite fastidious about which “r” word gets used.
Pyne free
Pyne departs in what Simon Birmingham, in a characteristic attempt to remain cheerful, calls a “wave of renewal”.
Voice of expertise
Ita Buttrose shared a memory with a Canberra audience a few years back involving Frank Packer and kissing armpits.
Peerless & fearless
Defence Minister Christopher Pyne has been at it again — demonstrating his abiding love for his portfolio.
No ties, just winners
Has Scott Morrison issued a no-tie edict?
Onwards, upwards
Optimism came in all shapes and sizes
Cheque, mate
Georgina Downer is having fun with other people’s money.
Sheet storm
As Scott Morrison booms about ‘the Canberra bubble’, it’s instructive to look back on a more innocent time.
Go the extra Marles
It’s a rare person who can bring happiness to Matthew Canavan and Richard Di Natale with a single sentence.
Hello, world of pain
Mathias Cormann’s glitch over an overseas trip aroused, ooh, one or two questions.
Intruder alert
Parliament returned and no one tried to land a punch and no one daubed blood on a door. Instead, there was a cyber attack.
A Shire thing
Scott Morrison has called on the lingo of his adopted homeland of Sutherland Shire.
Curse on this place
Following Wednesday night’s fisticuffs and the blood on Pauline Hanson’s office door, we find ourselves thinking of Danny Nalliah.
Slither of truth
After a lull discernible to trained eyes, the battle to decide which side is the worst in Oz politics is back under way with gusto.
Mane event
It was some way into Tony Burke’s chat with David Bevan and Ali Clarke that a small, Newspoll-powered slip occurred.
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