A tale of two speeches: one a cut above the other
You only get one crack at a maiden speech, so you've got to make it count.
Jacqueline Maley is the Canberra-based Parliamentary Sketch Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
You only get one crack at a maiden speech, so you've got to make it count.
William Knox, the first member for Kooyong, was a man of big moustache and loud opinion.
Salim Mehajer is a nasty peacock who has swapped plumage for plastic surgery, a Narcissus with an Instagram account instead of a pond.
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Has Malcolm Turnbull leaned too far to the left or the right? Can it even be both?
Tony, you promised. But the temptation was just too great.
All jokes aside, it's hard not to feel sorry for Scott Morrison. It must be tough backing a doomed cause.
It's only a hunch. But I am pretty sure that if you did up a Venn diagram of those who hate gay people and those who hate Muslims, there would be such significant cross-over it would resemble a near-eclipse.
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