It’s the question on everybody’s lips: What’s the go with the au pairs?

In case you haven’t been paying attention, for a while now there’s been a simmering scandal involving Peter Dutton and the visa status of two mysterious au pairs, who were almost booted out of the country until Dutton used his powers as Immigration Minister to intervene on their behalf. In at least one of those cases, Dutton defied the advice of his own department in order to intervene.

Dutton and his department have steadfastly avoided answering questions on the topic, but that may be about to change, with the Senate last week voting to refer to the issue to a Senate inquiry.

And today, there’s more au pair news: The Guardian reports that there’s a THIRD au pair, this time connected to the family of AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan. With news that the number of au pairs under scrutiny has increased by 50 percent, everyone is asking the question: What’s the go?

The Au Pairs: What’s The Go?

Don't you hate it when you spill your cereal? pic.twitter.com/VhcRHIbvDS

— flim flam (@number1comrade) August 27, 2018

Just gave my name in Starbucks as 'What's the go with the au pairs?' & everyone in the cafe bashed the shit out of me for riding joke formats into the ground. Result. Try it.

— Jeremy Poxon (@JeremyPoxon) August 28, 2018

… And I say, hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah
I said hey
what's the go with those au pairs?#auspol pic.twitter.com/GnekAdJkhW

— Joshua Lloyd (@JL4au) August 23, 2018

It's not like Tony Abbott made a huge billboard asking what the go with the au pairs was and stood in front of it. Oh wait… pic.twitter.com/n1p0BKNjP7

— matt burke (@matttburke) August 22, 2018

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— casey briggs (@CaseyBriggs) August 28, 2018

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— Eleanor Robertson (@marrowing) August 27, 2018

where to hide a shit ton of au pairs

— Aus Gov Just Googled (@GovGoogles) August 21, 2018

whooa we're halfway there

whats up with those au pairs

— Tim Stewart (@TStew777) August 22, 2018

Peter Dutton as the bachelor but the contestants are au pairs and instead of roses they get visas

— Eliza Berlage (@verbaliza) August 22, 2018

It's a little-known fact that 'au pairs' is actually short for Australian Pairliament Pairson Organised New Visas And No One Knows Why

— emma elsworthy (@emmaels) August 28, 2018

And in case you need any more background, the good folks at Tonightly have nicely summed it all up.

Why did @PeterDutton_MP save the Nanny? #Tonightly pic.twitter.com/23CwypikNG

— Tonightly (@tonightly) March 27, 2018