WA is looking sharp

Is Western Australia getting super serious about secession?

The new Brownes dairy cheese for WA

Is Western Australia getting super serious about secession?

There’ll soon be no need for blue Perthanalities to source their sharp snacks from over the hard border, after Brownes Dairy announced it was launching the “only WA-made cheddar cheese on supermarket shelves”.

Grate news!

CEO Tony Girgis says it’s been 14 year since the state made its own cheese from fresh, locally sourced milk. “Brownes Dairy has a rich history of making cheese, which dates back to the 1930s,” he said.

It’s actually Australia’s oldest creamery, located in Brunswick two hours south of Perth.

WA Premier Mark McGowan at Brownes Dairy.

Girgis continued: “We want to bring cheddar cheese back to WA because we know there is demand for it and we are keen to invest in WA dairy. Consumers probably don’t think about their fresh cheese travelling across the Nullarbor, but until now that’s what has been happening.”

We don’t dis-a-brie!

Girgis says WA imports 15,000 tonnes of cheddar a year and 50,000 of its total cheese annually.

What a gouda amount! The new cheese (a mature and vintage block, plus a heritage shredded) is made from “old-style cheddaring techniques, including long and slow maturation at low temperatures”.

It hits shelves August 24, but is available for locals through Brownes delivery.

Tasty!

Karen gets corked

Attention all middle-aged white women — “OK Karen” wine is coming to a liquor establishment near you! Melburnian Antony Littore is behind the blend and has grand plans to release a full range — still, red, dry, fortified, white, vintage, blended, mulled, ginger, sparking and dessert.

He told Strewth it was more of an endearing play on the Karen meme than taking the piss.

“They’ve coped a hard time lately, the Karens,” Littore said after the anti-mask arrest at Bunnings earlier this week. “There’s a blurb on the back of the bottle that says — ‘a drop that’s going to be up to Karen’s standards and no managers are going to be called’.”

A perfect blend!

Littore is a liquor sales rep and plans to release his wine to bars, restaurants and clubs in Victoria, before expanding into Sydney and Adelaide. He (and his partners in wine) hope the Karen drops in November, once the “perfect regional Sav Blanc blend is finalised”.

Fingers crossed crushed Garden Staters will be out of lockdown by then.

We wonder, after you get drunk on Karen, do you start whining about the 1948 declaration of human rights and make some pour decisions?

Face value

Would you pay $30.09 (plus delivery) for a pillow with a pixilated pic of Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton?

Or $22.33 for a reusable face mask with the face of the man asking everyone else to wear a mask? (Just $17.86 when you buy four or more!)

A bargain at $22.33: reusable Brett Sutton face mask.

Artist Ashley West is selling the COVID-19 themed items online at Redbubble.

The Professor Sutton stickers are a steal at $1.64.

There’s also a shower curtain covered with Daniel Andrews in his iconic North Face jacket ($92.74) and a keep cup featuring Minister Health Jenny Mikakos ($36.24).

Dandemic shower.

Neil-y there

A question from loyal Strewth reader (and the 3AW Mornings host) Neil Mitchell. “Brett Sutton is becoming a reluctant cult figure. So is he growing a beard or is it trendy stubble?” You tell us!

Primary votes

If we’ve learnt anything this month, it’s that some (vocal) Quiet Australians have slim to no knowledge of the way things work in this sunburnt country.

Thankfully Krys Sacklier has penned a new book, with cartoons by Cathy Wilcox, all about our preferential voting system called Vote 4 Me.

Technically it’s for primary school children, and explains how to count votes through the story of a classroom election. But we thinks adults might learn a thing or two as they’re reading out this bedtime tome.

“A vote for Alexandria is a vote for change! Cool uniforms. Treat at the canteen. More balls,” is one candidate’s policy platform, as she hands out cupcakes to classmates (tragically, there’s no mention of democracy sausages).

Another kid dressed in a unicorn onesie performed a rap (a future Senator?)

The backpage blurbs are nearly as good as the book — “See? It’s not that difficult” election guru Antony Green wrote.

“I wish I’d read this before I prematurely declared Labor the winner of the 2019 election,” comedian Mark Humphries added.

You can find Vote 4 Me in all good bookstores from August.

In happier news, this just arrived in the mail.
Advance copies of #vote4me , the book which explains our preferential voting system to kids (and adults!). pic.twitter.com/LzdQQPfFZL

— Karen Whitlox (@cathywilcox1) June 25, 2020

Phantom finally dead

“Sad to hear Phantom of the Opera is closing in the West End due to COVID. I’ll lay money some conspiracy theorist uses this as proof masks don’t work,” comedian Adam Hills tweeted on the curtain fall after 34 years.

Smarty pants

“President (Barack) Obama says he’s been ‘maligned’ ever since wearing comfy jeans to throw out the first pitch in a major league baseball game years ago,” a USA Today story on “mom jeans” said.

Obama in sneads (sneakers and jeans).

“The truth is, generally, I look very sharp in jeans,” Obama claimed about his good genes.

“There was one episode like four years ago in which I was wearing some loose jeans, mainly because I was out on the pitcher’s mound and I didn’t want to feel confined, while I was pitching ... I think I’ve paid my penance for that. I got whacked pretty good.“

And they say Lincoln had it tough!

Batter up.

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