Tony Abbott gets laughed off the political stage

 

Australian Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott has finally become a genuine political joke.
 

Brisbane Times 15 November 2012:
 

At a dinner on Saturday, Mr Abbott reportedly described Mr Wyatt, who won the Perth seat of Hasluck at the 2010 election, as a good bloke but ''not a man of culture''.

Mr Wyatt, whose mother Mona was a member of the stolen generation, was unimpressed and he and Mr Abbott had words over the phone on Monday night.

But on Tuesday, Mr Abbott exacerbated tensions again with his push to poach Ms Anderson.

''I think it would be terrific if, as well as having an urban Aboriginal in our Parliament, we had an Aboriginal person from central Australia, an authentic representative of the ancient cultures of central Australia in the Parliament,'' he said.

 

This caused quite a few Australians to laugh at him.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Dog On the Moon at Crikey

@Utopiana and and @Ebswearspink appear to have kicked off a Twitter hashtag #itriedtobeauthenticbut.

@Utopiana is Celeste Liddle from Melbourne who describes herself as a black feminist.

@Ebswearspink is believed to be a young indigenous lawyer who came from the Byron Bay area.

 

Here is a sample:

 

Ebs ‏@Ebswearspink

#itriedtobeauthenticbut when someone asked me who my mob was I promptly denied having links to Italian gangsters

 

Celeste Liddle ‏@Utopiana

#Itriedtobeauthenticbut... someone yelled "Which way?" and I pulled out a GPS

 Retweeted by Ebs

 

Anita Heiss ‏@AnitaHeiss

#itriedtobeauthenticbut but I've thrown more parties than boomerangs!

 Retweeted by Ebs

Georgia MacGuire ‏@blackgin

#Itriedtobeauthenticbut my certificate of Aboriginality doesn't have Authentic Indigenous artefact written on it.

 Retweeted by Ebs

 

Ryan Griffen ‏@Ryan_Griffen

#itriedtobeauthenticbut a cab driver said I looked Italian and my English was too good.

 Retweeted by Ebs

 

Luke Pearson ‏@LukeLPearson

#Itriedtobeauthenticbut every year at Corroboree I just end up line-dancing by myself in a corner somewhere singing "Achy-Breaky heart"...

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