Ohhhh .. sounds ominous. Unfortunately due to, I imagine, the cuts to Our ABC I only managed to get the last part of the Kings speech from the far west of NSW yesterday. He appeared to be his usual ranting bullying self however. The bit I got was something about “cowards and keyboard warriors .. ” whom I gather, he’s “going to fix next week.”

I’m hoping he doesn’t mean ‘neuter’ – like little puppy’s and kittens? By “cowards” I must assume the King is talking about Aussies like the young lady he had charged with assault for missing him with an egg, or those other cowards like David Pocock who chain themselves to trees and mining machinery in an effort to protect our shared heritage in the land we live on? Or perhaps, people like Izzy who read his Bible out loud … The list could go on.

And “keyboard warriors”? What are these, journalists, writers, data entry technicians … essayists? Shit, this could be me! I s’pose I’d better stop writing about all the things I care about, all the sadness and inequity and hypocrisy in neoliberal society. But then I’d be cowed by a bully, and that would make me a coward … Ah, what the hell, you only live once so I suppose ya may as well ‘ave a go.

Can’t resist another wonderful Peter ‘Dirty’ Dutton quote; “Its got nothing to do with morals, its against the law!” – lovely stuff. Still my favourite from the illustrious Minister for State Security has to be; ‘Oi, you don’t get an opinion! If you want an opinion, join the Liberal Party and get yourself elected to parliament.’ So so, too right Peter.

“Like a machine gun or an electric guitar, a chainsaw is a handheld deus ex machina: a supercharged extention of masculine will that is impossible to ignore. They are thrilling tools to use.” – John Vaillant.