The Double Diss: Canberra goes ‘Mean Girls’

Image Credit: None that I readily admit to. Not my image,yet  my best and worst hack photoshop job, ever.

I can always use an excuse for a Mean Girls (2004) reference and tonight seemed as good of a time as any.

There’s chit chat around the Hill (Canberra) that Malcolm might call an early (pre-September) Election because the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) Bill was defeated for a second time. If a Bill is blocked by the other House three times, then it cannot be re-introduced, so this places the Prime Minister in a tricky spot – try again? or advise the Governor General (GG) to dissolve Parliament and call an early election?

Now for the Mean Girls references:

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Reader Question: Ukraine Riots and Russian Tanks

I love Question Time! So I’ll be publishing my follower questions from now on.

This one is from one of my Facebook followers!

Q: “Hey you sexy political bitch in her funky little kicks! Talk to me about Ukraine/Crimea/Russia. What’s going on? In simple, easy to understand language, if you don’t mind?”

– Kim S

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Merry Shop-mas: What Christmas does for the Australian Economy

I heard on the radio just today (December 23rd) that Aussie shoppers will spend $1.5million a minute for the next 2 days until Christmas.

I’ve worked 5 Christmases in retail.
It’s character building that’s for sure.

“What does Christmas mean for our Economy, PIK?”
Asked Sammy, 23.

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