“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go.” Oscar Wilde Tributes flood old and new media, when NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is pushed under a bus, a bloodless coup, her parting shot at … Continue reading Glad All Over

We all live in a Yellow (Peril) submarine, yellow peril submarine, yellow peril submarine … All our friends are all on board, everyone of us lives next door…”  Up periscope. What’s that smoke on the water, that oily miasma, that stench over the wreck of … Continue reading Morrison runs up the white flag on Australia’s sovereignty.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr’s snap lockdown forces PM fan-boy, Josh Frydenberg to doss-down at The Lodge, in ScoMo ‘n Frydo’s Canberra Sleepover, a lightweight sitcom pilot about mateship, relatability and who does the washing-up. In Episode One –An Odd Coupling – scripted by professionally … Continue reading Josh and Scotty’s excellent adventure can have no happy ending.

“This is literally a war and we know we’ve been in a war for some time but never to this extent.” Gladys Berejiklian “Stay calm. Delta is here.” Dazzling the entire nation with her gold standard sang-froid and petulant self-righteousness, a plucky Gladys Berejiklian, premier … Continue reading Glad not happy as PM leaks against her and Delta goes viral.

“If they open up at 50 per cent, that would be insane. Even at 70 per cent they are going to have to be massively careful.” Professor Peter Doherty Hoots and jeers break out from socially distanced Coalition MPs, with some zooming in from home … Continue reading Bronte Python’s Flying Circus and the mystery of Morrison’s moving vaccination goalposts.

There’s no roadmap out, wails NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, Typhoid Mary of our Delta blues, parroting Scott Morrison, the PM for NSW, who savages his gold-standard, open for business poster-girl; turns on her to save his own hide.  Hand-ball Morrison gets JJ Frewen to fire … Continue reading Typhoid Mary, Gladys, no longer PM’s poster girl, Gladys, gets the Delta blues.

Don’t you just love the suspense? A tiny peepshow of a lectern opens on your widescreen as Fauziah Ibrahim interrupts her “show” as she is wont to call ABC News 24; the PRIME MINISTER, is about to make an announcement (all brought to you less … Continue reading Morrison and the exploding fish. A reverse ferret. Gladys under a bus. A khaki-Covid snap election?

Buddy, our PM’s photogenic pet black Schnoodle, gets his own column in our yellow press; The Daily Telegraph. Bet you never had Schnoodle on your ScoMo winter bingo card.Schnoodle could become a transitive verb, given the recent dip in approval ratings for Morrison in three … Continue reading A four phase, fur-lined, gold-plated, double-barrelled, ocean-going, right royal, shit-show.

“Australians all let us re-Joyce.” The second coming of Weatherboard Nine Messiah, Barnaby Joyce, causes much glee amongst cult devotees and much clutching of pearls within Coalition circles. Multitasking, miracle-worker and maven of lost causes, Peta Credlin, AO, Tony Abbott’s stage mother and former front-end … Continue reading A Turd in the Surf at Bondi

“Future generations will thank us not for what we have promised but what we will deliver – and on that score Australia can always be relied upon,”  Scott Morrison. “PM, good morning to you. Do you have blood on your hands?”  chirps a chipper Karl … Continue reading Blood on your hands, Prime Minister?