Loose cannons

June 29, 2005
Issue 

Expert opinion

"In a News Ltd newspaper, Labor powerbroker Robert Ray labelled the frontbench a 'bunch of dills'." — Melbourne Age, June 21.

Being a dill among a bunch of dills?

"I think he's been doing a very good job in very difficult circumstances", ALP deputy leader Jenny Macklin, June 21, defending shadow Labor immigration minister Laurie Ferguson after he stated on national radio that the Coalition government's decision to release asylum seeker Peter Qasim from detention set a "worrying precedent".

World's most powerful dill

"I appreciate the secretary of energy joining me today. He's a good man, he knows a lot about the subject, you'll be pleased to hear ... Now I want you to pay careful attention to this — he's the PhD, and I'm the C student, but notice who is the advisor and who is the president." — Emperor George Bush II, June 22.

Has C student humour too

"I want to thank the president and the CEO of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. That's a pretty cool first name, isn't it, Mayo. Pass the Mayo." — Emperor Bush, June 22.

From Green Left Weekly, June 29, 2005.
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