Seinfeld in Parliament - #auspol mash up

I have got to share this hilarious Seinfeld meets Australian Politics mashup created by youtuber Huw Parkinson.  

He takes Seinfeld heads and script and super imposes it over #auspol members and proceedings, and the end result is brilliant.

For those overseas the "Hello Newman" reference relates to the guy to the right of screen Queensland Premier Campbell Newman and the tone that Seinfeld always used with Newman fits so perfectly into #auspol.

The creator also has other #auspol themed videos up on his channel including Plamer United Party themed Jacqui Lambie Ghost Busters and Clive Palmer Arrested Development.

Check him out its well worth a watch

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games power abuse

Graphic from couriermail.com.au

There is an article in this morning's couriermail about a raft of new laws proposed for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018.  Some of them I am completely against and find to be a complete abuse of power just to make things 'look good' to 'keep up appearances' for overseas television audiences.

THE raft of new laws proposed for the Commonwealth Games include giving the green light for the killing of protected animals that stray into venues during competition.     

I find this proposal abhorrent as one of the protected animals on the Gold Coast is the Koala.  Not only is this an icon of Australia, its a protected species as the Koala population is declining and their survival as a species is threatened.  So killing them just because they venture into a commonwealth games venue is ludicrous.

One of the other proposed laws is even worse when it comes to abuse of civil liberties in the name of keeping up appearances.  The proposal requires owners of buildings and properties within camera shot of venues and iconic scenery to clean up their properties, remove graffiti etc.  While removing graffiti is always a positive thing forcing private citizens to clean up their back yards is a complete abuse of power.

I do however agree with some of the proposals such as increasing the power of police to crack down on ticket scalpers, unauthorised broadcasts and to relocate people to "some distance away from the event site"

But I do disagree with the final proposal to limit the number of mobility scooters at each venue.  This is a blatant discrimination against elderly and disabled people who have an equal right to attend events as able bodied and young people.

Read the full article HERE (may require creating a free news+ account)
and read the government briefing paper HERE (released under the Right to Information Act 2009)

Mmmmm coat of arms (*Drools*)

The advertisement for the burger on the Grill'd website

Grill'd have set Patriots and Monarchists off with their new special offering for Australia Day, the Coat of Arms burger.

Most people will know that Australians are one of the only if not the only country in the world that eats all the  symbols on its coat of arms, and Grill'd have seized on this and created the coat of arms burger, with a patty of 80% Kangaroo and 3% Emu meat.

The burger is a very limited edition on offer for the period of January 19th-31st and only available in one location per state, limited to 50 burgers per day.

Strangely enough I stumbled upon this story on New Zealand newspaper The New Zealand Herald's website and have yet to see it anywhere in the Australian media.

  The burger has been slammed by the Australian Monarchist League's chairman Phillip Benwell, who took issue with the use of Australia's coat of arms.
"The coat of arms represents a nation and using it in a marketing campaign rather
demeans the coat of arms and ridicules it," he said.

Looking at the Grill'd website reveals not only is the meat patty made from the national icons, but the rest of the filling is uniquely Australian.  It contains Quandong, Bush Tomato Relish, Caramlised Onions,  Native Thyme Mayo, Meridth Dairy Goats Cheese, as well as tomato, mesculin & beetroot which cant be considered entirely Australian.

Seeing this fine combination of ingredients I fell a little like this

Now just need to make it into the CBD early enough in the day to be one of the lucky 50 who gets to sample this delicacy...

See the herald article HERE and the Grill'd write up/advertising HERE