Precious Aussie Politicians...

Aussies, especially politicians, are so precious that they value their beauty sleep over concerns about Australia's interests overseas (justified or not). Take this for example. Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott, who is still bitter after having narrowly lost an election, has refused to see Australian troops stationed in Afghanistan citing jetlag as the reason why. This is a continuation of the current navel-gazing hyper-parochialism to have engulfed Australian politics. Earlier, Australian PM Julia Gillard, made a statement on Australian TV stating that "foreign policy is not my passion", later explaining that she merely meant she would prefer to spend time talking with kids in a classroom than to leaders on the world stage. Now this is a leader of a regional power that is in the top 20 economies of the world. Gillard could also argue that saying "foreign policy is not my passion," is not the same as saying "I'm not interested in foreign policy." But it's a poor choice of words just the same.

Much was heralded that with the fragile nature of the new Australian parliament, a new type of politics would emerge that would replace the previous 'nasty' nature of parliamentary sessions. Well, nothing could be further than the truth - quite the opposite. South Australian Liberal MP Christopher Pyne is off to a flying start accusing the Prime Minister of 'back-alley bitchiness'. Now, this comment comes as no surprise coming out of the mouth of Pyne, when considering that in Google's search suggestions 'homosexual' comes in first choice (go on, enter 'Christopher Pyne' and see!). Much has been speculated about whether Pyne is a closet case, even from within his own party. So where there's smoke, theire's fire. Pyne, who sees himself one day becoming PM, has always been quick to deny the gay rumours, but everything about him, especially his regular use of Drag Queen polari, just screams gay with a feather boa. Corey Bernardi, another South Australian Liberal (also rumoured to be closeted) called Pyne a 'mincing poodle'. The ensuing catfight between them made the bitch fight encounters between Krystal and Alexis on Dynasty look like a display of excessive masculinity in comparison.

To those who thought Australia would change after the August election... think again!