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A time to Bill
Scott Morrison has been in a free-flowing mood these past few days — not least on Kerryn Phelps’s bill on offshore processing.
Bums on bus seats
When it comes to making democratic involvement sound like a jolly holiday, Unions ACT has got it covered.
Dead letter office
One person on the receiving end of Clive Palmer’s spam deluge is Rhiannon Keyte, who decided enough was enough.
Before the big wet
George Christensen’s website is still exhorting us to ‘Help secure water for Townsville’.
Tony’s flush drive
A semi-naked Tony Abbott has appeared in front of a row of Portaloos pleading for proper dunnies at his local surf club.
Done by Ken
As Kenneth Hayne sat next to him, one of the questions that floated to mind was: What had Josh Frydenberg done to deserve this?
Troy boy
PM hails a worthy Trojan whose passion knows no bounds.
Bill v food
Bill Shorten’s encounters with food are thrilling because you can never be sure who’s going to come out of it best.
The good life
Scott Morrison got in a question about the local federal member nice and early: ‘How good is Trevor Evans?’
A song in her heart
We’re sure it was just the joy of music that put a smile on Tanya Plibersek’s face rather than the doomsday clock thumping away.
Refreshing approach
Scott Morrison insists this frontbencher cleanout is not the relentless ticking from the Doomsday Clock getting cranked up.
Crime of fashion
Alexander Downer did it with fishnets, Julie Bishop with red heels, but Joe Hockey took a while to make his fashion statement.
Apocalypse Nowra
Once in a while there’s a flicker of fight in the Coalition. Yesterday Scott Morrison flared his nostrils and got stuck in.
Strange Endeavour
Scott Morrison has joined the list of politicians who have gotten into a muddle over Australian history.
Boos bother
And so Prime Minister Scott Morrison went to the tennis, got booed and opted to take it in his stride.
Original ingredients
The lot of the political transcriber seems like it should be a straightforward one. But it’s not always the case.
Chutzpah calling
An unsolicited potical text message takes a few liberties.
Road scholars
The Queensland Labor Party couldn’t contain its excitement yesterday. Bill Shorten is to hit the highway again.
Giving it a ’shott
Rob Oakeshott kept his announcement about a parliamentary run alarmingly brief.
Clive wire
As a video game version of himself stomped on Bill Shorten shaped cockroaches, Clive Palmer wanted to make one thing clear.
All shook up
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack rocked up in the Presley-crazed NSW town of Parkes and went native.
Close encounters
Bob Katter refuses to let Pauline Hanson take care of the cane toads.
Best foot forward
This week Scott Morrison found himself explaining why he’d wound up in an official family portrait with two left feet.
Treasurer shows his net worth
As a man who knows his way around a tennis racquet, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg sounded right at home as a guest commentator.
We’re still missing the other Mal
Contemplate this … if Malcolm Roberts hadn’t been kicked out of parliament, we wouldn’t have Fraser Anning.
Anning’s territory grab
Territorial expansion by a politician is hardly new. Fraser Anning’s St Kilda sojourn surely fits into this tradition.
How time flies
Craig Laundy gently touches on the carnage of the past 12 months.
Onwards and upwards
There must be moments Michael McCormack looks back on the census debacle and gets wistful about what a breeze that was.
Miracle of Kev-mas
When you get the Wholly Roamin’ Emperor this close to Christmas, you expect a bit in the miracle department.
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