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Pass It On: Bill Shorten Continues Dropping Those Trademark Zingers

And Micallef is on hand to document them all.

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A few weeks ago we paid tribute to Shaun Micallef’s valiant efforts to keep up-to-date with the non-stop onslaught of Bill Shorten zingers. That whole post makes for supremely compelling viewing. There’s just something about our Opposition Leader’s complete inability to vary his tone, pitch, rhythm, intonation or inflection when he speaks that makes his dedication to the art of the one-liner particularly car crash-esque. You’d get better comic timing out of a drawing of a clock.

Well, you’ll be pleased to know that Bill’s speechwriters have not let their charge’s congenital humourlessness stand in the way of their attempts to sass up the next Prime Minister of Australia. Hope your blast shields are set to maximum Tony, because you’re about to get burned.