Barnesy light
WOLFMOTHER lead singer Andrew Stockdale has been fined $350 for singing in a pub
Strewth
Action men
IF you live outside Victoria you may have thought Tony Abbott was the leading practitioner of Speedo politics, but you would be wrong.
Star billing
QUEENSLAND Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce’s nemesis might be closer to home.
Hall of fame
“THERE’S more chance of me becoming full-forward for the Dogs than there is any chance of a change in the Labor Party,” said Julia Gillard last year.
Rocky road
ALUMNI of Unley High School in Adelaide have burst into action after the school’s most famous old girl, Julia Gillard, reflected on her days there.
Come back again
IT’S rather wonderful to see John Howard emerging to beat both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott about the ears.
Don’t mention it
LORD Monckton seems a handy sort of whipping boy, so maybe we can blame him for the recent bout of bad Nazi analogies.
Budgies chill out
WHILE Julia Gillard was receiving advice from Brisbane’s public, Tony Abbott was fielding questions in Melbourne about his budgie smugglers.
Gone Gaga
STEFANI Joanne Angelina Germanotta, otherwise known as Lady Gaga, is visiting Sydney and spreading herself all over town with scheduled media gigs.
Rant, granted
IT is not only Pope Benedict XVI and the Queen who grant audiences.
Card sharps
TERMINOLOGY at ALP conferences is always a contentious point.
Red-faced Green
MELBOURNE Ports MP Michael Danby claims that incoming Greens senator Lee Rhiannon is fiddling with her Wikipedia entry, or at least someone is.
Energised Julia
AS always, it’s good to hear Julia Gillard insist she feels “energised and determined” over the climate-carbon deluge.
Harried mob
IN case you missed yesterday’s bumpy instalment of the Harry Jenkins Show, the action may be summarised as follows:
Strife after death
FEDERAL parliament does condolence motions well, and sadly, Afghanistan is providing plenty of practice.
Rich in fibre
Markets for Change and Get Up! yesterday launched a campaign accusing Harvey Norman of using native timber.
Mucking out
CELEBRATE Greens senator Lee Rhiannon’s arrival in Canberra with this gem from the Ten Network’s Meet The Press yesterday.
A cult above
CONGRATULATIONS to Labor strategist Bruce Hawker, who has been photographed at Wimbledon.
Love your work
It was a delight to see so many ministers taking part in the Economic and Social Outlook conference.
No smoke, just ire
AS Big Tobacco escalates its campaign over plain packaging, we wonder whether they’re being overly subtle and ought to instead be taking a leaf out of a master’s book.
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