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Christopher Pyne’s Greatest Hits of 2015: Winner of the People’s Choice Snoutie

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Kate M 7 comments

It’s official. The people have spoken. Christopher Pyne has won the inaugural People’s Choice Snoutie. Voting for the People’s Choice Snoutie Award kicked off last weekend, and closed yesterday. For a while Senate Leader Eric Abetz was a serious contender for the title – but Pyne, like the poodle with a bone that he is, took the lead fairly early on and

The Snouties: Awarding the most ‘On the Snout’ pollies

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Kate M 6 comments

As we all know, good government started six months ago – following Abbott’s near demise as our Prime Minister. And this last parliamentary sitting fortnight in Canberra has been another stellar example of this. There’s been press conferences galore, leaky cabinets and question-time performances worthy of entry into the Tonies (pun intended). We also learned this week that one of the government’s key