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| Jessica Rudd compares Australian parliament to Mean Girls | Jessica Rudd compares Australian parliament to Mean Girls |
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| Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd's daughter has compared parliament house to a Lindsay Lohan film about bitchy high school girls. | Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd's daughter has compared parliament house to a Lindsay Lohan film about bitchy high school girls. |
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| Jessica Rudd, writing in Cleo magazine, says she's sick of all the "political bitching" in Canberra, comparing it to the 2004 flick Mean Girls. | Jessica Rudd, writing in Cleo magazine, says she's sick of all the "political bitching" in Canberra, comparing it to the 2004 flick Mean Girls. |
| "The corridors are a cacophony of scoffs, burns ... eye rolls are more common than smiles. | "The corridors are a cacophony of scoffs, burns ... eye rolls are more common than smiles. |
| "Wednesday nights are party nights, Thursdays are for gossip: who hooked up with who, who got so blotto they were barely awake for question time." | "Wednesday nights are party nights, Thursdays are for gossip: who hooked up with who, who got so blotto they were barely awake for question time." |
| Ms Rudd makes a plea to MPs, their staff and press gallery reporters to stop squabbling. | Ms Rudd makes a plea to MPs, their staff and press gallery reporters to stop squabbling. |
| "Why should we listen to that angry vitriol?" she asks. | "Why should we listen to that angry vitriol?" she asks. |
| Ms Rudd spent the final parliamentary sitting fortnight in Canberra and was by her dad's side when he challenged Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership. | Ms Rudd spent the final parliamentary sitting fortnight in Canberra and was by her dad's side when he challenged Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership. |
| The press gallery's mid-winter ball was like a school formal, she said, reflecting on her evening as her father's date and waxing lyrical about her black off-the-shoulder dress. | The press gallery's mid-winter ball was like a school formal, she said, reflecting on her evening as her father's date and waxing lyrical about her black off-the-shoulder dress. |
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