A Liberal MP Called In Emergency Services After GetUp Sent His Office Glitter In The Mail

Sending glitter through the mail to people you don’t like may be one of the few uses for snail-mail that hasn’t been superseded by the internet; some clever bugger even monetised the idea back in January and made bank, because unexpectedly filling someone’s lap with craft herpes has a truly enduring appeal.

That was the thinking over at GetUp, who decided to politely remind every Coaltion MP who voted against a free vote on marriage equality last week that the issue’s not going away by sending them a letter with a shitload of glitter in it. Most MPs  — or their long-suffering secretaries, anyway — ignored the letters or binned them, although at least one decided to return fire.

We sent every MP & senator who blocked a free vote on #marriageequality glitter. One just sent some back. pic.twitter.com/qqU9ljIvsT

— GetUp! (@GetUp) August 18, 2015

But Sydney Liberal MP Craig Laundy wasn’t in on the joke. After his electorate office received what he describes as “a suspicious package,” Laundy called in emergency services, who responded with a dozen vehicles and a HAZ-MAT unit to remove the glitter and presumably bomb it to hell in the desert somewhere.

After learning the package posed no threat to anything but the office carpet, Laundy took to Facebook to vent at what he calls a “stupid stunt” that probably could’ve been avoided if the government would just legalise marriage equality already. Most of the comments Laundy’s received in response are fairly nonplussed about all the hubbub over a packet of glitter, but some of them are pretty…well.

It is also worth noting, again, that Craig Laundy kind of looks like the bully kid from The Little Rascals.