Dressed in black like a mourner at the imminent funeral of the Turnbull Government , Foreign Minister Julie Bishop revealed the little known fact that she is a polished stand up comedian , as shown by the above reaction when she accused the subversive Australian Labor Party of colluding with a foreign power to bring down the Coalition. The popular image of Ms. Bishop is that of a hard nosed , gimlet eyed person with a fierce glare that melts garden gnomes, captured in cartoons with unfunny fly in the ointment Tony Abbott , a former Pommie .
Yet her hidden giggly side came through in the House of Representatives/ Canberra New Zealand Tourist Bureau booking office and departure lounge when she went on about the perfidious Bill Shorten conspiring with the Kiwis to despicably prove that Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce , an admitted New Zealander , is a New Zealander, not related after all to the swaggie with a penchant for getting up close to sheep , who fell in the water , as in The Goon Show , and inspired the great Aussie patriotic song , Waltzing Matilda .
It is tipped that Bishop will head the ( Bill)ing at the next Comedy Festival in Melbourne along with another Bishop who performs acts with assorted barnyard animals .
The very next day, by popular demand , FM Bishop was back entertaining the troops with her zany patter , accusing the guffawing ALP of conspiracy and other treasonable plots with the puha and pakeha eaters across the Tasman to undermine the sovereign government of Australia . On that occasion , she wore a nifty sackcloth outfit , below , in readiness for the inevitable Coalition burial , the following wake a real hoot , like the smashing party held when the Mad Monk was booted out by his colleagues and Malcolm Turnbull foolishly took the helm .
The cheeky New Zealand Herald joined in the fun by depicting Barnaby Joyce , who overnight no longer calls Chateau Tongariro home , sitting in parliament , arms folded, his head a sliced in half Kiwi fruit .
BREAKING NEWS : Two non-nuclear vessels from a New Zealand invasion fleet were this morning sighted in the Magnetic Island marina . One was flying a pennant indicating all out war on Australia-an All Blacks flag , the other a fern or an extinct Moa feather , below .
BREAKING NEWS : Two non-nuclear vessels from a New Zealand invasion fleet were this morning sighted in the Magnetic Island marina . One was flying a pennant indicating all out war on Australia-an All Blacks flag , the other a fern or an extinct Moa feather , below .
