One is famous for wetlands, the other is famous for tennis. The man who mistook them during the Coalition’s Murray Darling policy announcement yesterday - Coalition water spokesman Barnaby “bearded lady” Joyce - is famous for gaffes.
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From the doors: Fielding shoots, scores!
Clichés are an important part of sporting life, giving 110%, full credit to the opposition etc — and three senators decided to celebrate with a few of their own today, reports Crikey doorsman Tiernan Kelly.
Atkins: The cruel jibes of snivelling schoolboy pollies
Tony Abbott loves a snappy scripted slogan — “great big new tax” — while Kevin Rudd is more of an acronym man — “ETS, RSPT etc”. It’s the only amusing thing in this tit-for-tat mining tax fight, writes Dennis Atkins.
Syvret: Kevin, I’ve got some questions for you
It’s a big year for Chairman Kevin and his confusing Ruddspeak. So let’s clarify once and for all — our economy is doing well because a) we sold it to the Chinese or b) Barnaby’s not running the show? asks Paul Syvret.
Atkins: Barnaby needs to listen to more Alanis Morissette
Coalition politicians are trying to brush off the latest embarrassing Barnaby Joyce “toilet paper” gaffe as Joyce being ironic. But it’s pretty ironic that the Queensland LNP are hiding behind irony, writes Dennis Atkins
Barnaby Joyce explains the Large Hadron Collider
And the stimulus package and sandwiches and particular physics
The Barnaby conundrum
Barnaby Joyce tells it like it is. Except when he can’t remember his billions and millions. But he’s great with the media. Apart from when he’s embarrassing. Dumping Joyce was a good move by Abbott. But why was he there in the first place?
Snow takes a dump on global markets
Consider this, if a few big dumps of snow, plus days of cold weather and a bit of ice can slow the US, European and UK economies, how weak must be the underlying level of demand and output?
Barnaby Joyce: How Labor threw all our money away
Rudd’s economic stimulus package brought us no major infrastructure projects, economic blow outs and failed schemes. Labor partied hard and now we’re stuck suffering the debt hangover, says Barnaby Joyce.
Political snippets: A whale of a deception
Rudd’s convictions over Japanese whaling are looking fishy, Abbott gives up sex for Lent, Barnaby starts up on foreigners and more political snippets.
Overington: Barnaby Joyce isn’t a real Queenslander
Barnaby Joyce was born, raised and educated in New South Wales, says Caroline Overington. He’s no more a Queenslander than he is, say, oh… a competent fiscal manager.
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