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Original Broadcast Date: March 5th 2014
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00:00Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Putin, if you think New Europe's done?
00:12Those in the South may say that they're glad to see you,
00:17but the rest of Ukraine wants to keep their old Crimea.
00:21Cos who do you think you are kidding Mr. Putin, if you think we're antebellum?
00:30The EU can all see you, not to mention a hato.
00:35Then the rest from the US will be there sooner or later.
00:39But who do we think we are kidding Mr. Putin?
00:44Oh nay, we'll be too busy to come.
00:51Thank you very much. Thank you.
00:57Well, a very interesting week, and I think our Prime Minister said it best
01:00when he said this on behalf of all Australia.
01:03Take your sticking paws off me again, 38.
01:11I think that's the wrong footage. I think it's this one, yep.
01:15Hands off the Ukraine.
01:18I mean, obviously, obviously there's not much that Australia can do about the Ukraine
01:22because we're busy defending our own sovereign borders or breaching Indonesias.
01:26But we can keep you up to date with this.
01:30A wonderful thing here. This is a countdown to the nuclear winter games hourglass.
01:35Let's see how far we've got to go before the end of the world.
01:38T-minus about 30 minutes.
01:41Well, that's good news for us. Not so good for spics and specs.
01:45But it's not the Armageddon that's got me mad as hell this week.
01:49Actually, I'm more sad as hell, really, than anything else.
01:51Keen-eyed viewers have probably noticed that instead of my usual Hindu om shanty pin,
01:55I'm wearing my old Qantas Junior Flyers Club badge
01:58in memory of the passing of one of Australia's greatest icons.
02:02As a kid, I have, like all of you, I guess, fond memories of travelling on our national carrier.
02:10There's me as a boy on my first trip.
02:14OH&S, not such a big deal in those days.
02:17Many a stewardess, innocently posing for a picture, was sucked into the engine and shredded.
02:22But that devil-may-care disregard for safety was part of our larrikin spirit
02:26is what made us all love the at least 51% of Qantas that was Australian.
02:30And it wasn't just us. Did you know that the greatest champion of Qantas was an American?
02:35All airlines have crashed at one time or another. That doesn't mean that they are not safe.
02:39Qantas. Qantas? Qantas never crashed. Qantas?
02:45Never crashed.
02:47Well, God knows what rain man will think now that we've had those two planes crash into each other in LA.
02:52But Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is slashing costs, and that means jobs.
02:57That's Ben Elton. Alan Joyce does not look like Ben Elton.
03:04I just hope he's not sacking people from essential services like this lot.
03:09Qantas CEO Alan Joyce
03:16I mean, an in-house choir might seem a bit of a luxury for businesses these days,
03:20but look what happened to Tiger Airways when they reduced the size of theirs.
03:23Qantas CEO Alan Joyce
03:29Absurd. And the whole issue of whether the government should repeal part three of the Qantas sales act
03:35and how Mr Joyce, who is himself a lot less than 51% Australian, is running the company is very divisive.
03:41Here's some footage of former Victorian Premier Geoff Kennett arguing with the hosts of Sunrise.
03:46And we apologise for the quality, but you know, it is Sunrise.
03:50Geoff, should the... Yeah, here you go.
03:52I just think that's all cheap shots.
03:55It's not good enough for two journalists or broadcasters who I suspect have never...
03:59He is a private company and it seems that he hasn't been doing a great job, Geoff, because it's not doing very well.
04:04Well, isn't, Sam, with due respect, when did you last employ a person?
04:08No, but this is not about me, Geoff.
04:10Never. When did you pay pay... It is about you.
04:12When did you last pay pay-right tax?
04:14What do they have for Becky?
04:16Oh my God! It's a divisive issue.
04:18It's a very divisive issue.
04:19And you know, it's interesting how much we love this product because we all fight over it.
04:22Indeed. And we all fight for it.
04:24Indeed.
04:25But I mean, I think it's absurd to suggest, however, that we can't question the CEO of Qantas.
04:32Well, I mean...
04:33You know, that somehow, because it's a national icon, they should be immune from questioning.
04:37Anyway, it's not about us.
04:38It is about you, Sam. You heard Geoff.
04:40That's okay. That's okay, Geoff Kennett. You just leave that to me.
04:43Put your jigs up, Kennett.
04:45Well, I agree with Andrew O'Keefe. It is absurd.
04:49Mind you, why on earth they'd let some ex-game show host talk about what's happening in the news is beyond me.
04:54At the end of the day, most of the jobs at Qantas will go offshore no matter what.
05:03And I think it's only fair that Qantas' slogan be changed from,
05:06I still call Australia home to Qantas still calls Australia from overseas,
05:10but because they're using Telstra's increased roaming charges, it can't talk for long.
05:15But job losses aren't just happening at Qantas.
05:17The latest national employment figures are like a holiday in Seduna.
05:21Nothing to write home about.
05:23Here's our economics intern, Jennifer Stoles.
05:35Thanks, Sean.
05:36Well, 842,000 Australians are currently out of work.
05:40That's enough people to fill 312 Olympic swimming pools.
05:44An exercise they would have to be paid for,
05:46thus immediately slashing the unemployment figure to zero.
05:50Problem solved. Bye.
05:54Of greater concern, though, is the youth unemployment rate,
05:57averaging around 20% in several parts of the country.
06:00The Brotherhood of St Lawrence described the unemployment figures as a disaster,
06:03while the Brotherhood of Magicians said that they could cut youth unemployment in half with a magic box.
06:08And the Brotherhood of Man said...
06:10Don't you dare me to stay,
06:12because you know I'll have to stay,
06:15that I've got to work each day.
06:18But what of the sisterhood?
06:20Well, Assistant Education Minister Susan Ley outlined the government's plans during Question Time.
06:24She said...
06:25Our approach starts with local schools,
06:27talking to local industry about local skill shortages.
06:30Or, in other words...
06:32This is a local shop for local people!
06:36Speaking of money, Treasurer Joe Hockey says we're running out of it.
06:39And given the government's recent stance on not giving handouts to struggling enterprises,
06:43they seem unlikely to come to the financial aid of themselves.
06:46Matters Health Finance reporter Lois Price,
06:48any thoughts on where the government may be able to make some savings?
06:52Uh, nowhere that immediately springs to mind, Sean.
06:57What about cutting the health insurance rebate or increasing the Medicare levy?
07:01I guess they're options, Sean,
07:03but I'd have to say that from my position high above the city,
07:06I haven't come across anyone in the government talking about that.
07:10New Papa Giuseppe tripe and gherkin pizza slices, $2.99 a six pack,
07:15this month only from selected supermarkets,
07:17I'm Lois Price for Matters Health.
07:21Thanks, Lois.
07:22And while I know that the age of entitlement is over,
07:24if a Medicare co-payment means people don't see their doctor so much,
07:27the entitlement of age might be over as well.
07:34But seriously, who'd run the government anyway?
07:36I mean, if the opposition were unhappy with the number of women in Tony Abbott's Cabinet before,
07:39how are they going to feel if the government does what it demands
07:41and actually sacks Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash?
07:44Fairfax's media online political editor, Chris Hammer,
07:47explains the background instead of me as it's a bit dull.
07:51Early this month, her Chief of Staff resigned
07:53after it was revealed that he part-owned a company
07:56that lobbied on behalf of junk food manufacturers.
08:00That led to allegations of a conflict of interest
08:04because Senator Nash had ordered a healthy eating website be taken down.
08:09Thanks, Chris. I owe you one.
08:14The Prime Minister has defended Senator Nash, saying...
08:16This is not so much a storm in a teacup.
08:20It's not even a zephyr and a thimble.
08:22It's nothing.
08:24Yeah. Meteorologist Bob Toynbee,
08:26what do you think Mr Abbott meant with that analogy?
08:28Thanks, Sean.
08:29I think he was trying to suggest that the allegations of impropriety
08:32against Senator Nash was something less than a storm occurring
08:35in a small, harmless environment like a teacup,
08:38and so he's picked a thimble,
08:39which is smaller than a teacup, no question.
08:41But he's also picked a zephyr, which is a light wind.
08:44So he's conjured up the image of a small thing in a small thing,
08:48when I think he needs to be a big thing in a small thing
08:51or a small thing in a big thing.
08:52Better if he said a zephyr in an aircraft, Harry,
08:55or a tsunami in a thimble.
08:58Politicians should not use meteorological terms
09:01if they're going to get them arse about.
09:03Back to you, Sean.
09:04Thanks, Bob.
09:05But Senator Nash is sticking by her Chief of Staff,
09:07saying that Mr Furnival had done nothing wrong,
09:10despite having previously worked for Cadbury,
09:12lobbying for government funds
09:14and being present at Mr Abbott's pledge last year
09:16to give Cadbury a tourism handout.
09:18Now, neither Mr Furnival nor Ms Nash were available for comment,
09:21but the Department of Health have sent along someone
09:23to speak on their behalf.
09:25So, in your view, has there been a conflict of interest?
09:29Sean, we have so much time, so little to do.
09:32Wait a minute. Strike that.
09:34Reverse it.
09:38Does Ms Nash understand that conflict of interest
09:40is, and of itself, improper?
09:42Well, Sean, I have prepared a brief statement
09:44which I hope will explain things
09:46on behalf of the Assistant Minister.
09:48Behold.
09:49Who can take rain for long
09:53rather than a sigh?
09:57The Furnival bar has a great choptastic taste
10:00and everything you'd expect
10:02plus zero percent conflict of interest.
10:05He sprinkles it with love
10:07and makes the world taste good.
10:10And they contain traces of previous job.
10:12Do I get an answer to my question?
10:18No, sir, you do not!
10:20You stole fizzy lifting drinks!
10:22You bumped into the ceiling,
10:23which now has to be washed and sterilised,
10:25so you get nothing!
10:27You lose!
10:28Good day, sir!
10:29Sean, do you know what happened to the man
10:54who suddenly got everything he always wanted?
10:56What happened?
10:57He got $16 million in federal funding.
11:05Well, candy may be dandy, but liquor is quicker.
11:08But as this cartoon shows,
11:09there's nothing funny about drunkenness.
11:11It doesn't even make any sense.
11:13Why a bottle of alcohol would need to drink more alcohol
11:15is beyond me.
11:16Doesn't that make him a cannibal?
11:17Anyway.
11:18In New South Wales, at least,
11:20tough new licensing laws have been in place for a week,
11:22as Sunrise's Natalie Barr anticipated
11:24almost seven days ago.
11:26Tough new licensing laws kicked in in New South Wales overnight
11:30in a bid to curb alcohol-fuelled violence.
11:32CBD clubs and pubs will now be forced to impose 1.30am lockouts
11:37and 3am last drinks.
11:40Hmm.
11:41Hotelers' association Bertie Durd,
11:42has it hurt the hospitality industry?
11:44Well, a knee-jerk response is only effective
11:47if you're kneeing someone in the groin, Sean.
11:49Were you at Mardi Gras on the weekend?
11:51Yes, yes I was.
11:52Unfortunately, our mad-as-hell giant penis float was impounded
11:55because it was too subtle and we had to walk.
11:58Well, then you probably had as much fun as everyone else.
12:02Look, one o'clock lockouts, three o'clock closing
12:05is a quick fix that the hospitality industry,
12:07who are constantly and unfairly being held responsible
12:10for what alcohol does when it enters the body,
12:12can do without.
12:14I mean, what happens after the alcohol leaves the glass
12:17is the responsibility of the person whose body it enters.
12:20It's exactly the same thing with bullets.
12:23And the fact is, restrictions on licensing hours
12:26and troubled hotspots don't have any effect.
12:29I mean, if prohibition taught us anything, Sean,
12:31it's that if someone wants to drink to excess in our hotels,
12:34they will.
12:35You and I can no more change human nature
12:37than we can put an end to global warming
12:40or alcohol companies sponsoring sport.
12:43We can dream all we like, but we all have to wake up in the morning
12:46and wait until about 10am before the pubs open.
12:50But what about the punters?
12:52What do they think?
12:53Semolina Indian, you were at Mardi Gras.
12:55Did early closing totally ruin it for you?
12:58I ended up not going, Sean.
13:00My naughty hit the float through a ring.
13:02So I had to hitch a ride on a cover-corn awareness one.
13:06Oh, where's the fun in that?
13:08Exactly.
13:09Coming up a little later on,
13:11Maggie Battersphere joins pussy riot.
13:18And speaking of Russia, as the sabre rattling and more worryingly
13:21the tank and troop deployment occur in Ukraine,
13:24US Foreign Secretary John Kerry has warned,
13:26this is not Rocky IV.
13:29Now despite the Australian inaccurately reporting John Kerry's Rocky comparison
13:33by not using Roman numerals,
13:35something I'll be passing on to Paul Barry at Media Watch,
13:37is John Kerry right?
13:39Let's look at this story more carefully then,
13:41through the prism of pop culture.
13:43OK, now America is Rocky Balboa, an ageing superpower with brain damage.
13:54Fair enough.
13:55Russia is Ivan Drago, wanting to impress the rest of the world with a display of strength.
14:00Also fair enough.
14:01Ukraine is Apollo Creed, beaten to death as America stroke Rocky looks on.
14:06Sort of, not quite, because Apollo Creed didn't beat himself up in the first round.
14:11And America, though Ukraine's friend, didn't defeat Ukraine in a previous film
14:16and then train him to fight Mr T, who I guess is Iraq.
14:21Nor has America gone to Russia to fight Russia,
14:24and during a training montage, Julia Timoshenko as Adrian,
14:28she didn't show up to cheer America on.
14:31So no.
14:32And Australia, who I suppose is Paulie,
14:37isn't a big, dumb, drunk slob in Rocky's corner no matter what,
14:40because he's got nothing better to do.
14:41No, John Kerry's right.
14:43What's going on in Eastern Europe isn't Rocky IV.
14:46It's more like Rambo III.
14:52Excuse me just one moment.
14:53Hello?
14:54Yes, sorry.
14:55That was our news director.
14:57Apparently that story should have appeared in our 15 second World News Roundup,
15:01or what we call news from countries that aren't Australia.
15:07Well, Sydney's Archbishop Cardinal George Pell is leaving his post
15:10to take up a position in the Vatican,
15:12heading up a new secretariat for the economy.
15:14We're in a real mess, aren't we?
15:15First it was manufacturing.
15:16Now our cardinal industry is heading overseas.
15:20Parent company, the Vatican, said it was no longer viable
15:22to maintain its Australian cardinal operations at its Sydney plant,
15:26blaming a shrinking religious market and crippling Sunday penalty rates.
15:31And also the dumping of cheap imported priests from Nigeria, India and the Philippines
15:35has only hastened the decision.
15:37But at least we've exported something into the tough Italian market.
15:40You know, the last person of any note we imported from Italy was Greta Scacci.
15:44So, uh, I think we're still ahead.
15:46To our Southern Ocean now, and the Sea Shepherd claims a Japanese harpoon ship violently attacked one of its vessels.
15:55The Japanese say they were simply conducting boat research.
15:58You know, I not only heart democracy, I lungs, liver and splinter.
16:04So you can imagine the body blow I suffered this week when I read
16:07the Australian Electoral Commission uncovered 19,000 cases of people voting, more than once,
16:13with one person voting 15 times.
16:15First I was very worried that this was some sort of mass voting fraud.
16:19That's why the words of the ABC's Anthony Green were, as usual, like a shot of Valium into my brain.
16:24The vast majority of multiple votes are either clerical errors or confused elderly.
16:33Now, clerical errors I can understand. The AEC are involved.
16:37But what's this bullshit about confused elderly?
16:39You know, we're just about to raise the retirement age so these people can work longer.
16:43What good are they going to be to us if they can't even tick a box and go home?
16:47ABC watcher for all her adult life, particularly Midsummer Murders, Gwen Cribbage.
16:52Oh, yes, Sean. I can't tell you the amount of times I've heard about the confused elderly
16:58voting in their nursing homes, and then later their carers, who can't speak English,
17:04and as black as the ace of spades, some of them, unwittingly take them to a polling session
17:09where they vote again. And then later some family members of the confused elderly
17:16come by for a drink or a biscuit or to sign a power of attorney and take them out to vote a third time.
17:25And then some friends of the confused elderly come by to take them to shopping or to church
17:32and they're so on and so on. And the carers and the family and the friends looking after
17:37and visiting these elderly people, would they be liberal voters?
17:41I doubt it. I get very confused. It's no one's fault but our own.
17:49My friends and I voted over 3,000 times. And Sophie Mirabella still didn't get it.
17:57But it's state elections that are all the rage at the moment.
18:01South Australia goes to the polls on March 15 and the ABC has decided
18:04to avoid any accusations of partisanship during its election coverage
18:07and concentrate only on the minor parties who have no hope of getting in.
18:11One independent candidate has been profiled by Australian Story goes to air this Sunday
18:15and here's the ad the ABC have directed me to include in the middle of the show
18:19as part of their so-called enforced cross-promotion policy.
18:24He may not win on the 15th but he will win your hearts.
18:28And a warning to viewers, it is Australian Story.
18:32Terry Vickers might look like an ordinary mutant
18:38but a freak threshing machine accident that turned his body completely inside out
18:44when he was just 27 makes him anything but.
18:47I always think it doesn't matter what it looks like on the outside,
18:51it's what's inside the cat.
18:53It's the heartbreaking story of suffering and injury by farming equipment
18:57we specialise in on Australian Story.
19:00A depressing tale of loss and indignity typically featuring close-up shots like this.
19:06Please write for me.
19:09Australian Story.
19:11Sunday viewing at its most uncomfortable,
19:13particularly when you're trying to have dinner.
19:157.30 on ABC1.
19:23Welcome back.
19:24Well, former Shadow Education Minister Christopher Pyne
19:31has already announced plans to make 25% of public schools independent.
19:35Now it's a move that apparently has nationwide support.
19:38I'm very pleased to say that every state and territory,
19:41including labour states and territories,
19:43have signed on to the initiative.
19:45Every state and territory.
19:47That's pretty impressive.
19:48Although I think Channel 7 might have cut him off there at the end.
19:51With the exception of South Australia.
19:54OK, well still, that's pretty good.
19:57That's pretty good.
19:58Bit sad, obviously, that his home state knocked him back.
20:00But every state and territory except South Australia is still a ringing endorsement.
20:04Just listen to this testimonial from the New South Wales Education Minister.
20:08We have no plans to move further towards wholesale autonomy.
20:12OK, but still, it's not bad.
20:14You know, every state and territory except South Australia and New South Wales.
20:17Although the age did say the other day that the ACT in Tasmania had rejected the proposal as well.
20:22So yes, it's every state and territory if you don't count South Australia, New South Wales, the ACT and Tasmania.
20:28But they're very much the exceptions that prove the rule.
20:31But if Christopher Pyne knows one thing as Education Minister, it's probably not enough.
20:37He really needs to know more of that.
20:39Not least of which that God and school don't mix.
20:45The separation between church and state is very important, particularly in the classroom.
20:49They don't get on and they're always fighting with each other.
20:52And that's why Mr Pyne has left Kevin Donnelly and Ken Wiltshire in charge.
20:56And these are two guys who know what they're doing.
20:59Do they?
21:00Yes, they do.
21:02So what are they like, these fellas who will be redesigning our national curricula?
21:07Well, Ken Wiltshire sounds like a pretty decent fellow, according to the op-ed piece he wrote for The Australian.
21:12He's only against gay marriage, soft border protection and increased mining taxes.
21:17And as Christopher Pyne reminds us in an op-ed piece he wrote for The Australian,
21:20politics have no place in the curriculum review.
21:23So too, Kevin Donnelly seems quite well qualified to oversee these changes.
21:27He's a former education advisor for Philip Morris.
21:30And remember, remember kids, it's your choice.
21:34Kevin's also a long time spokesman for Christianity, specifically what he calls the Judeo-Christian tradition.
21:41Now that's as opposed to the equally popular Islamo-Christian tradition.
21:46Actually, a good example of the Judeo-Christian tradition in action, I suppose, would be back in the 1500s,
21:51when Talker Martyr got the Christians and the Jews together to iron out their difference and agree to follow Jesus.
21:56They've had very little problems since.
21:58Don't get me wrong though, the Islamo-Christian tradition is great.
22:01The religions have a lot in common.
22:03They both believe they should be taught in our schools.
22:05For example, Father Beamish, I know you're very keen to get back into the classroom.
22:08Fortunately though, fortunately the restraining order prevents him from doing so.
22:14And they have a lot in common in Africa as well.
22:17Be it Christian Uganda or Muslim Nigeria.
22:20What brings the faiths together is a shared hatred of gay people.
22:23And I think that's why Mr Pine is keen to stress Western Europe in our curriculum,
22:27where the faith tends not to spill over into legislation.
22:30Because unlike Islam, the Christians have never had anything approaching a state religion.
22:35Apart from the Holy Roman Empire, obviously.
22:38But in fairness, that only ran from 400 AD until the early 1800s.
22:42I expect all this will be in the new exams.
22:44But while the report is a while off being finished,
22:48it hasn't stopped one Adelaide school from implementing what it's likely to be anyway,
22:52given who's preparing it.
22:53Lulu Maroo reports.
22:55We don't need no education.
23:02We don't need no education, sang the kids in the Pink Floyd's 82 classic,
23:07Another Brick in the Wall Part 2.
23:10And it's exactly the sort of arrogance you'd expect from kids lacking proper schooling.
23:15But it won't happen in this country.
23:17Not if Floyd Thursby and his teachers here at St Jesus Primary School in Adelaide
23:23have anything to do with it.
23:24Hey! Come here!
23:26Floyd Thursby has been a staunch critic of the current Australian school curriculum
23:30originally developed by the Howard government ever since it was adopted by Labor.
23:35So let's not hear any more about this sort of rubbish.
23:38Now, it's time for show and tell.
23:41I'm going to show you a picture.
23:44And I want you to tell me what comes into your mind.
23:48Yes, Haynes?
23:50Stop the boats.
23:51Excellent, Haynes.
23:52Meadows?
23:53Humanitarian aid.
23:54Go and sit in the corner, Meadows.
23:59And stay back after school for detention.
24:02Like their students, many teachers will have to adjust their expectations
24:07and adapt to the new curriculum.
24:09Samantha Pico is a student teacher in her final year rounds.
24:13OK, everyone.
24:14If you could open up your history books to chapter three.
24:18Oh, this one's damaged.
24:23Someone's torn some of the pages out.
24:24No, no, that's fine.
24:25They're all like that.
24:26Just start at the next intact page.
24:28Well, I was going to have a look at our Indigenous heritage,
24:34but instead we will start at chapter seven, the Anzacs.
24:38For now, the classrooms here at St. Jesus are an eye test
24:43for Christopher Pyne's vision of a depoliticised curriculum,
24:46the future of education in Australia.
24:50Listen, the Anzacs could barely read or write.
24:52That's a fact.
24:53You look at some of the letters they wrote back home.
24:55Virtually illegible.
24:57As for their numeracy skills,
24:59Ho!
25:00But the point is, they didn't need any of that.
25:03Literacy and numeracy have been overrated
25:05in this bloody black armband view of history
25:07that Labor have been shoving down our kids' throats
25:10for the last seven years,
25:11along with Fresh Fruit Friday and global warming.
25:14Although there is something to be said
25:16for teaching our kids about sustainability, isn't there?
25:19So what we're hoping to do is to move away
25:21from the traditional three R's,
25:23reading, writing and arithmetic,
25:25and shift the focus to a new three R's,
25:28religion, right thinking and remembering the Anzacs.
25:32So, essentially, you're talking about a process of dumbing down.
25:36Dumbing down, stupid-ing up, idiot-ing all about.
25:39These are just labels.
25:41What's important is not what's written on the tin,
25:43but what's inside.
25:45Whether it's passed its use-by date
25:46and gone off and needs scraping into the bin.
25:48All right, Meadows, come on, bend over.
25:50I don't think you're allowed to do that anymore.
25:52Don't shut up if I were you, young lady. You're next.
25:58Well, what all this shows is that the Abbott Trust government
26:00is looking very governmental.
26:01And I say Abbott Trust not because it sounds funny,
26:04although it does,
26:05but because it's not all down to Tony Abbott.
26:07Warren Trust, as Deputy Prime Minister,
26:09is an important part of their dynamism.
26:11Here he is electrifying an audience
26:13about the benefits of selling off Qantas.
26:15The government is philosophically attracted
26:18to levelling the playing field.
26:22All right, it is all down to Tony Abbott.
26:24And it doesn't really matter who he's partnered with.
26:26He could be announcing drought relief with Barnaby Joyce.
26:29Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
26:32Or forcing smiles with the public.
26:34A tray of meat.
26:35Or Cecilu Bang Bang Yahudi Ono.
26:38The White Wolf Band.
26:40The White Wolf Band.
26:41The White Wolf Band.
26:43The White Wolf Band.
26:44The White Wolf Band.
26:45The White Wolf Band.
26:46The White Wolf Band.
26:47The White Wolf Band.
26:48He's the one we're very much watching.
26:49But might this have something to do with his new press over-secretary,
26:50former blogger Vomitoria Catchment.
26:52Congratulations on the new job.
26:54Don't try and crawl up my arse
26:56now that short and sweet in his labour mousy ding-dongs
26:59are out of power, McAuliffe.
27:01But what's Abbott's secret?
27:03An approval rating of 38% doesn't just happen.
27:05Why is he so loved?
27:09He knows what people want.
27:11Something electricity billers
27:13got as much chance of getting his head around
27:15as how to pronounce the word health without an F.
27:20Take a gobbledy look at these JPEGs
27:21and tell me what they've got in common.
27:23One.
27:24Two.
27:25Three.
27:26Four.
27:27Um...
27:28I don't know.
27:29They're all on your bedroom wall.
27:34Sport is a cultural touchstone in this country.
27:36Having a bronzed, half-naked Prime Minister
27:39plunging into the surf is a great way to leave your mark on history.
27:42Well, it certainly worked for Harold Holt.
27:48Check out Tony explaining away the mistakes of our Navy.
27:51Test cricketers occasionally drop catches.
27:54Um...
27:55Great footballers occasionally miss tackles.
27:57Well, cricket and football, you've covered all the bases.
28:00We're all part of the same team.
28:02That's why Trussie, Tony, the Pine Meister
28:05and the rest of the home side
28:06wants to create a level playing field for all of us.
28:09Thanks, Vom.
28:10But who are we playing on this level playing field?
28:14Each other?
28:15If so, then half of us are going to lose.
28:17Unless, of course, we're playing that game they play in Spain
28:19where everybody throws tomatoes at each other.
28:21Well, finally, a thought.
28:29I was reading The Australian a couple of days ago
28:31and I was appalled.
28:32Then something out of the ordinary struck me.
28:34My eye fell across this report
28:37that Tony Abbott had installed a portrait of the Queen
28:40in his parliamentary office foyer following a lengthy search.
28:44It's hard to believe, isn't it?
28:45Five months since his election
28:47and didn't know where his parliamentary office foyer was.
28:51Was he climbing in through the window?
28:54Madness.
28:55Goodbye.
28:56Who can take a rainbow?
28:59And wrap it in a sigh?
29:03Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie.
29:07The Candyman.
29:09Candyman.
29:15The Candyman can cause he mixes it with love
29:18and makes the world taste good.
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