CUT & PASTE Otherwise, the leader of opposition business just may be better off reading The Australian
Tony Burke press release yesterday: The chaos of the Turnbull government continues today with the Prime Minister and the leader of the house unable to say for how long the House of Representatives will sit when parliament returns on Monday,   April 18, 2016. On Sunday, Malcolm Turnbull told Sky News: "The lower house will sit for a portion of that time, for at least the first part of the week beginning Monday,   April 18." This morning The Australian Financial Review -reported: "But the House of Representatives, which the government controls, is likely to sit only on Monday and Tuesday of the first week â€¦ said a senior source." 
Haven't we heard all that somewhere before? Before Easter, even? Oh, yes, it was Dennis Shanahan in The Australian on   March 24: Coalition MPs have been told they may only be required to sit in the House of Representatives for less than half the three additional sitting weeks that Malcolm Turnbull -arranged to force a debate on the building industry watchdog. The -decision all but rules out consideration of much new legislation and -allows for the cleaning up of parliamentary business before an election is called, probably for the weekend of   May 8. Coalition MPs have been told via email after the Prime Minister consulted the backbench on Monday they should be prepared to sit for a minimum of two days -   April 18 and 19 - and are unlikely to be required for the whole new sitting week beginning after Anzac Day. The absence of MPs means there will be no business in the House of Representatives for more than half the additional parliamentary sitting and no Coalition party-room meetings.
Stiff cheese for everyone in the other place, though. Shanahan continues: Coalition senators are all expected to be on duty in the Senate for the full three extra sitting weeks from   April 18 through to   May 5 after the budget is brought down on   May 3.
We're not really sure what's going on here. One of Victoria Hannaford's six points on RendezView yesterday arguing against Waleed Aly winning the Gold Logie: Diversity needs to become the norm. Aly's appointment to a high profile panel show on a commercial network seems significant, because it is. But it shouldn't be - why is that the majo-r-ity of faces on any panel are white, Anglo Australians? His voice has risen because of a fierce intellect, sharp wit and talent, and that should be the only reason - the fact that he's an Australian of Egyptian background and a Muslim should be -incidental, not remarkable.
The start of Junkee's nearly two-minute-long video "Whose headline - Dolly magazine or The Sydney Morning Herald?" on Tuesday: Interviewer: This is how Taylor Swift gives a maid of honour speech. Punter: Dolly.
Interviewer shakes head.
Punter: Really?
Interviewer: Bow down bitches - when celebrity feminism goes wrong. Another punter: I'd say Dolly.
Interviewer: Nope.
Punter (laughing incredulously): Oh shit!
Dolly replying on Junkee's Facebook page: Bahahahahaha. You should feel MORE than alright about reading DOLLY, dude. Ain't nuthin' wrong with the quality of our news -journalism.
Glenn Lazarus at the National Press Club yesterday:I'm the leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team, and I've got to say the leadership battle was brutal.