CANBERRA : Pithy pundits throughout the nation,especially in the Liberal Party Funk Bunker, are stunned by the sensational Little Darwin scoop that jettisoned and banished former thespian prime minister , George Dubya Abbott , wearing a Shaun Micallef rubber face mask , above , will play the title role in a new ABC TV smash hit , The Ex-Prime Minister . ABC chief, Mark Scott , rolling on the floor with laughter , muttering something about revenge being sweet, today told our entertainment roundsman, Argus Tuft, that Abbott begged for a job at the national broadcaster, saying nobody else had offered him a position since he had been cast adrift by his bog buddies . Abbott , he added , had offered to throw in a swag of squawking shockjock mates , now redundant, as non-speaking extras in the series for free to help ABC funding .
