The Westminster System served Australia well.
It withstood Rudd, weathered Gillard and was getting its breath back as Tony Abbott turned the switch from vaudeville to boring.
Then The Chairman and Sideshow Julie delivered the coup de grace.
Ever since it's been out with the old and in with the new.
Conservative rectitude replaced by innovation and an expensive ideas boom.
There's only one word to describe our new Parliamentary System.
Parlous.
The Parlous Parliamentary System of Government.
The most highly valued parlous parliamentary product is "The Zinger".
It's a Turnbull and Twitter-friendly snappy line with a high Dastyari score.
Better than good legislation. Inestimably superior to outcomes. And likely to draw a crowd of onlookers when found.
Nick Xenophon polished one up today and has just sent it viral.
"Tony Abbott is a pain in the arse".
It'll be all over the news tonight and tomorrow.
Shame about the state of the country.
Within minutes it was dominating Google etc.
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Abbott a pain in the backside: Xenophon
The Australian · 27 mins ago
Abbott a ' huge pain in the arse' - Xenophon
NEWS.com.au · 3 hours ago
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27 mins ago - “I need to use the sort of cut through language that Tony Abbott is renowned for. I thinkTony Abbott's being a huge pain in the arse right now.”.
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3 hours ago - SENATOR Nick Xenophon has labelled Tony Abbott a “huge pain in the arse” and defended changes the crossbench has made to the Federal ...
https://www.power100.com.au/.../100130-abbott-a-huge-pain-in-the-arse-xenophon
3 hours ago - SENATOR Nick Xenophon has labelled Tony Abbott a “huge pain in the a***” and defended changes the crossbench has made to the Federal ...
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25 mins ago - FORMER Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott has been described as “a huge pain in the arse” after he criticised the federal government's ...
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13 mins ago - Tony Abbott has stood by his comments revealed in a leaked audio that the ... Nick Xenophon says Tony Abbott is being 'a pain in the arse.'.
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3 hours ago - SENATOR Nick Xenophon has labelled Tony Abbott a “huge pain in the a***” and defended changes the crossbench has made to the Federal ...
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5 hours ago - Tony Abbott slams Turnbull government's second Budget in leaked tape ... I think Tony Abbott's being a huge pain in the arse right now.”.
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3 hours ago - SENATOR Nick Xenophon has labelled Tony Abbott a “huge pain in the a***” and defended changes the crossbench has made to the Fed.