RICK’S REVIVAL
Shoo-in for Chief Chook
WATCH out, there’s a new contender for the Chief Minister’s job. Nominations may have closed, but Territorian reckons he’s a shoo-in for the top job due to his credentials. In a brochure sent to Bushie, Mr Stevenson says his achievements so far include eating 50 nuggets at once, was voted Aussie of the Month in Grade 3 at Mt View Primary and is “not a f**kwit”.
George is going all Hayesy
PORT Darwin candidate has had a tough week, with Territory Alliance making a last-minute preference switch and his credentials being called into question. Amid all the drama, though, maybe it’s understandable that whomever is controlling Mr George’s campaign Facebook page began running political ads — for Tracey Hayes. Filing that under whoopsies.
Switcheroo Territory
OUR friends in the capital of the cold sad Territory, Canberra, also made an error that needs filing under whoopsies. The Canberra Times appears to have picked up an article about NT politics and accidentally used a photo of former CLP candidate
instead of a picture of the woman they wanted, AWKS.
Lawyer’s body on the line
A LAWYER appearing in court via video link was grateful for the flattering presence of the table he was sitting at this week. When checking with Darwin Local Court Judge
if he was required to stand while speaking, she reassured him he didn’t, saying “I think I would lose your head if you did.” “That’s possible,” he replied. “And Your Honour doesn’t want my tummy.”
Harley’s shades of cool
DEFACING election corflutes may be illegal, but seems to be common practice.
the candidate for Nelson, recently came across this one and left it there as is. Apparently he was overheard saying: “I’ve never looked so cool.”
Volunteer sees the light
ONE hapless Darwin Festival attendant found himself in a pickle this week when asked where the smoking area of Festival Park was. Unsure, the volunteer joked he’d “clearly failed his induction” before rushing off to figure it out. But hats off to him — he was back within a couple of minutes, pointing where one could light up.
WORST PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: Grasping at straws
SPEAKING of the Darwin Festival, young barrister was spotted at the bar on Friday night, along with just about every other lawyer in town. Ordering a bottle of bubbles, Littlejohn was asked whether he wanted any glasses. Australia’s 2019 best young barrister was heard suggesting there might need to be longer straws supplied.
A POSTER calling for ‘80s singer Rick Astley to become the next Member for Port Darwin was spotted in Darwin’s CBD this week. Invoking the lyrics of his most famous song, the spoof ‘Rick Astley for Port Darwin’ poster lists all the reasons he would make a great leader. Labor’s misapprehension
THE government seems to be a little confused as to who is meant to be sending election policies and who should be focussing on governing for the next week. Bushie is curious as to why Labor Party policy releases are being sent from Territory government staff emails rather than from the Labor Party email.