Below is a short list of Ministers – the high achievers – who should keep their positions after the reshuffle.
Minister for Women. OK, let’s start with Mr Abbott himself. As Minister for Women he’s responsible for a number of achievements:
- His signature paid parental leave scheme which was so good that we couldn’t afford it.
- As he reminded us, removing the carbon tax enabled the women of Australia to use electricity for their ironing instead of warming it on the stove.
- Stopping the boats which was good for everyone, even women.
- Commenting on the popularity of women when they were working surrounded by men.
- Encouraging them to take scholarships in fashion courses.
Minister for Education: Christopher Pyne has also been a high achiever. Recently he announced changes to the Australian Curriculum which promise a greater emphasis on phonics, as well as a greater emphasis on the benefits of Western civilization and Anzac Day. I’m shore u’ll awl agree that fonnix helps stewdents to spel evareethink crektly. Wuns thay spell werds as they sownd, then nowun will complain about bad spelling eny moor. But Pyne has been an achiever from the moment he took over the portfolio proudly boasting that he hadn’t read the Gonski report, giving confidence to all those students who attempt essays without reading their English texts.
The Attorney General: George Brandis, the quiet underachiever. George may have ignored tradition in this portfolio by failing to defend the court system when those “vigilantes” held up a coal mine by resorting to the unfair tactic of using the existing law, but that’s not the only thing he hasn’t done. The list is quite long and, honestly, you’d have more hope of getting through the books in his library, which is another reason to keep him in his current position. Moving his bookshelves again could jeopardise the Budget which is on a path to sustainable surplus sometime after the return of Halley’s comet.
Minister For Employment: He’s hardly been a quiet achiever, not only has he been busy with his portfolio, but he’s had an opinion on same sex marriage and the links between breast cancer and abortions. Of course, you all know that I’m talking about the erudite Eric Abetz. OK, he may be a bit left wing for his uncle Otto and Andrew Bolt but, in case you’ve forgotten, among his achievements are this change to “red tape”:
After streamlining, employers will no longer have to report on:
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CEO remuneration
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remuneration of casual managers
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components of total remuneration
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numbers of job applications and interviews, and
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requests and approvals for extended parental leave.
And, of course, last but not leased … and certainly not for sale, the man who professed his loyalty to Abbott right to the very end, we have
Treasurer: Joe Hockey has put us on a path to sustainable surplus. Or so the Liberals keep telling us. Considering we were a basket case just two years ago, Joe’s measures have put us back on track in extraordinarily quick time. Particularly when those nasty senators wouldn’t even allow a number of his vital Budget measures. How can a miracle worker like that be dumped?
Apart from that, I suggest that Mr Turnbull should spill all other positions and draw names out of a hat for ministry positions.
Let’s face it, he couldn’t do much worse than Abbott’s attempts at choosing a ministry.
