A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE MARBLE FACADE OF THE NATIONAL
PARLIAMENT. At a press conference today, Mr Rudd said: “I am
sure all fair-minded Australians will agree that I have had rotten luck since
becoming Prime Minister. First there was the unprecedented financial
crisis; then we had those very serious updates about climate change.
After that we had the swine flu pandemic. Now, all those hard-working
Australians out there have to face the extra blow that these birds – I
am advised they are some kind of parrot – are chewing holes in the
National Parliament. Well, do you know something? : we are going to
fix this. Starting tomorrow we are going to fund a Parrot Advisory
Commission that will report by the end of 2010. I will just say this to
my fellow Australians, very, very clearly - fair shake of the sauce
bottle.”
