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Closely knit , hair freshly brushed, eyebrows plucked , latest Coalition team, hanging on for dear life, pose for media at Government House after swearing in ceremony.
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This being an election year, it is desirable the Federal government present a united, nimble, agile , mature , can-do image. However , it has been noticed that PM Malcolm Turnbull's thin locks have become grandfatherly white since scalping Tony Abbott.
Some attribute this to Malcolm's concern over ministers falling like autumn leaves, the outbreak of bedwetting over GST, Treasurer Scott Morrison becoming a liability like Joe Hockey, Christopher Pyne's frequent TV appearances , the end of the passionate honeymoon during which he was bitten by mosquitoes while touring the outback and Townsville in an open topped jalopy .
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Bazza McKenzie or Barnaby Joyce ? Age Photo .
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And having Barbaby Joyce as Deputy PM , he of noticeably receding hairline, could be justification for Malcolm to tear out his thatch and ask for a hair of the dog instead of a healthy Continental breakfast with Lucy in The Lodge. It is even whispered in the corridors of power that the PM will adopt the Andrew Peacock remedy for grey hair by becoming, according to dark bearded veteran political reporter , Mungo MacCallum, prematurely black .
While on the subject of hair, the Australian Financial Review scribe Joe Aston has described dumped Defence Minister Kevin Andrews , as " the blue-black man- dyed Member for Menzies ". You don't get well shampooed lines like this out of a bottle .
Aston said Andrews had squealed like a labouring heifer bogged in a swamp trying to keep the defence portfolio. ( On the other hand , this could have been due to the castration ring the feisty female Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly threatened to use on Andrews.)
Continuing with the coiffure line, Aston wrote the cutting remark : Now Abbott and Andrews both fly around addressing American think tanks on how to keep the grey out of your hair...
Just the other day, a North Queensland Tory pollie who makes his Liberal colleagues in Canberra wince because of his antics , was seen browsing around the hair accessories stand in a chemist shop. Is this an indication that he will sport a beaded headband or a fascinator the next time he is in Canberra ?
Just the other day, a North Queensland Tory pollie who makes his Liberal colleagues in Canberra wince because of his antics , was seen browsing around the hair accessories stand in a chemist shop. Is this an indication that he will sport a beaded headband or a fascinator the next time he is in Canberra ?
