Lock up criminally minded children and teach them a firm lesson. Mind your cars, mind your keys. Chat about the Olympics and moan about whether stadia should be built or refurbished. Mumble about water, dams, and roads. Bridges for cassowaries that are not used by those magnificent yet inconsiderate birds. Marvel at members of parliament with duplicate names such as Grace Grace.
The Queensland contradiction: Reflections on a state election By Binoy Kampmark
Clichés so clotted they would build the tower of Babel, including a nice touch by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: a presenter dressed in garish pink blending into the counting board and talking down to her audience.