Canberra Report by Dick Head

A Non-Core Promise

The Tasmanian election has just been rated the biggest threat to worldwide democracy since the Taliban.

The general consensus pre-election was that David Bartlett was devious dropkick and should go. The electorate hated him, the Liberals and the Greens censured him and he couldn’t even get selected for the Tasmanian Tigers.

During the state election campaign he denied strongly he was a devious dropkick and even claimed to be a decent sort of bloke by promising to hand over the premier’s gig to Will Hodgman if the Liberals pulled more seats or votes.

As it turned out Will’s mob got more votes and guess what? David revealed himself to be a devious dropkick after all. It looks like he’ll become premier again with the support of the Greens which is like coming to Australia as an asylum seeker with the support of Kevin.

There are some serious lessons to be learned from this electoral farce.

Never trust a promise from the premier of the Apple Isle especially if its non-core.

If you get into bed with the Greens expect carbon footprints all over the sheets.

If you don’t trust politicians to do anything remotely sensible vote for a hung parliament.

Maybe the Tasmanian voters knew what they were doing after all.

Dick Head has been advised not to visit Tasmania on mental health grounds.