My Favourite (Wonk) Things

For reasons of which I’m not entirely sure, I came up with this little verse yesterday:

Resource rent taxes, emissions reduction;

Sovereign wealth funds, NBN construction;

Henry’s review, letting refugees in;

These are few of my favourite things.

More public transport and Oz: The Republic;

Welfare for jobless not middle-class yuppies;

Euthanasia and plain cigs packaging;

These are few of my favourite things.

When the polls bite, when lobbies sting, when I’m feeling sad;

I’ll simply go on Q&A or Lateline, then I won’t feel so bad.

Wes then suggested we form The Australian Moderate Party (“The Mods” for short) and enter politics. The advertisement campaigns virtually right themselves.