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| 'Unlucky country': New Zealand has fun as Australia's political gloom deepens | 'Unlucky country': New Zealand has fun as Australia's political gloom deepens |
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| Australia’s latest leadership debacle is causing amusement across the Tasman, with even the New Zealand prime minister’s partner getting in on the act. | Australia’s latest leadership debacle is causing amusement across the Tasman, with even the New Zealand prime minister’s partner getting in on the act. |
| “New Zealand, hold your prime minister tight tonight, you don’t know how lucky you are ... actually I think you do,” tweeted comedian Peter Helliar on a day when not one but three politicians are vying for Australia’s top job. | “New Zealand, hold your prime minister tight tonight, you don’t know how lucky you are ... actually I think you do,” tweeted comedian Peter Helliar on a day when not one but three politicians are vying for Australia’s top job. |
| 'Madness and mayhem': what the papers say about the Liberal party civil war | |
| “Done,” tweeted Jacinda Ardern’s partner, Clarke Gayford, now a stay-at-home father to the couple’s daughter, Neve Te Aroha. | “Done,” tweeted Jacinda Ardern’s partner, Clarke Gayford, now a stay-at-home father to the couple’s daughter, Neve Te Aroha. |
| pic.twitter.com/OC9f0uFgnh | pic.twitter.com/OC9f0uFgnh |
| Anytime I feel a bit gloomy about NZ democracy I just look across the Tasman and the Aussies never fail to disappoint. #politicalmess | Anytime I feel a bit gloomy about NZ democracy I just look across the Tasman and the Aussies never fail to disappoint. #politicalmess |
| I'm releasing this #auspol headline for free use by other media: NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MALC | I'm releasing this #auspol headline for free use by other media: NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MALC |
| The jokes flowed thick and fast as Australia descended into what is being described as a “farcical” race for the top job. | The jokes flowed thick and fast as Australia descended into what is being described as a “farcical” race for the top job. |
| In the New Zealand Herald, Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper wrote an opinion piece titled “Aussie politicians – they like a blood soaked carpet”. | In the New Zealand Herald, Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper wrote an opinion piece titled “Aussie politicians – they like a blood soaked carpet”. |
| “This week the ruling Liberal party’s been like a pack of dingoes rounding on their prey, the mega-rich former banker Malcolm Turnbull who’s been fighting them off in a losing battle,” wrote Soper. | “This week the ruling Liberal party’s been like a pack of dingoes rounding on their prey, the mega-rich former banker Malcolm Turnbull who’s been fighting them off in a losing battle,” wrote Soper. |
| “By comparison leadership changes in this country are like a simple changing of the guard; sure there’s tension if there’s a contest, but they tend to put their best foot forward rather than aiming it where the sun don’t shine.” | “By comparison leadership changes in this country are like a simple changing of the guard; sure there’s tension if there’s a contest, but they tend to put their best foot forward rather than aiming it where the sun don’t shine.” |
| In their morning bulletin, the Spinoff asked “How will lucky country chaos affect NZ?” | In their morning bulletin, the Spinoff asked “How will lucky country chaos affect NZ?” |
| “In Australian politics today, something will happen,” wrote Alex Braae. | “In Australian politics today, something will happen,” wrote Alex Braae. |
| “Sorry, I can’t really be any more specific than that, because the events of yesterday were so bizarre, and the possibilities today are endless.” | “Sorry, I can’t really be any more specific than that, because the events of yesterday were so bizarre, and the possibilities today are endless.” |
| The NZ Greens MP Gareth Hughes, who is currently in Canberra, wrote that “the seemingly never-ending political upheaval is getting in the way of big decisions – like what to do about climate change”. | The NZ Greens MP Gareth Hughes, who is currently in Canberra, wrote that “the seemingly never-ending political upheaval is getting in the way of big decisions – like what to do about climate change”. |
| “Political spills are as quintessentially Australian as that image of the dingo eating the washed-up shark on the beach while two snakes mate in the foreground,” wrote Hughes. | “Political spills are as quintessentially Australian as that image of the dingo eating the washed-up shark on the beach while two snakes mate in the foreground,” wrote Hughes. |
| “I’m in Australia witnessing the political drama unfold and I’m asking myself why the so-called lucky country has been so unlucky when it comes to the political stability stakes ... One politician had to cancel on a meeting at the last minute to deal with ‘you know what’. People are constantly checking their phone to see if the country still has a prime minister.” | “I’m in Australia witnessing the political drama unfold and I’m asking myself why the so-called lucky country has been so unlucky when it comes to the political stability stakes ... One politician had to cancel on a meeting at the last minute to deal with ‘you know what’. People are constantly checking their phone to see if the country still has a prime minister.” |
| The veteran Australian political reporter Kerry-Anne Walsh phoned into her weekly Radio NZ spot with the words: “Ah good-morning, reporting from the land of madness”, causing host Susie Ferguson to dissolve into laughter. | The veteran Australian political reporter Kerry-Anne Walsh phoned into her weekly Radio NZ spot with the words: “Ah good-morning, reporting from the land of madness”, causing host Susie Ferguson to dissolve into laughter. |
| “I just thought it [spills] was tradition,” said Ferguson, deadpan. | “I just thought it [spills] was tradition,” said Ferguson, deadpan. |
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