Ming Takes a Break, Australia Gets a Female PM

Yeah. So we haven't been updating, big woop, cry us a Rudd-like political river.

What's happened just recently is typical - everyone here takes a Uni break, and suddenly political satire hits the jackpot - go figure. What I say to these people is that they should shut the hell up about the red-head jokes because they're getting pretty old. Everyone should know that despite the fact that Australia has a squeaky-clean new PM, and all the jokes associated, Ton-Yabbot still exists and is as flamboyantly retarded as ever.

I think Menzies would take more aim at the fact that Gillard is Welsh than woman. That said, Menzies would be left blubbering at the current political developments here in Australia, I'm sure.

Question Time in the House Of Representatives: A Digest

An average day in the Australian House of Representatives...

HARRY JENKINS (SPEAKER): Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorder. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOrder! The Member for...THE Member for Sturt...THE MEMBER for Sturt will resume his seat! The Member for Outhaus has the call.

LIBERAL QUESTIONER: Thank you Mr Speaker. My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer please confirm for the House that he is not wearing a wig?

LIBERAL MEMBERS: *nodding* Hear hear!

WAYNE SWAN (TREASURER): I thank the member for his question. Now...

CHRISTOPHER PYNE (MEMBER FOR STURT, MANAGER OF OPPOSITION BUSINESS): Mr SpEAker, point of orrrder!

SPEAKER: *sigh* The Treasurer will resume his seat, Manager of Opposition Business on a Point of Order.

PYNE: Mr Speaker, I draw your attention to an obscure ruling you made on Standing Order 20000(c), part (i), line 73...

SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat, there is no point of Order. Members, I remind ALL of you not to pay attention to the Standing Orders, so can I bore you to tears with rules during Question Time. The Treasurer has the call.

SWAN: Thank you Mr Speaker. Now, I don't think that the question is about my hairpiece. It's about the wonderful things...

PYNE: MR SPEAKER! POINT OF ORDER!

MEMBERS: *shouting* SIT DOWN, SHUT UP!

SPEAKER: Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooder! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORder! The Treasurer will resume his seat...

And so forth.

Meanwhile, in the Senate...

PENNY WONG (MINISTER FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT): And yessssss, Mr Pressssident, we will be...taking many...precautions in the future...

THE REST OF THE CHAMBER: *snoring*