Silly Season Headlines

brumbies on fire – not a story about their on-field performances, but about some players caught in the wrong place at the wrong time behind a dickson eatery

Cotter Dam Completed On Original Budget – Water Charges to Fall – ACTEW discovers original estimate was correct all along.

Canberrans Happy with Government Consultation – Story about how Canberrans are happy with the level of government consultation now that a public servant has been assigned each household to personally keep them informed and ask their opinion about anything happening anywhere.

Action On Buses – Action introduces a new bus timetable that actually takes you quickly to where you want to go at a convenient time – Cyclists complain.

“Statue of Sonic Stanhope Stands Sadly Silent” – a poignant story about how our Chief Minister manages to commission and purchase a 30′ statue of himself, complete with speakers which play his favourite audio grabs every ten seconds, but the Waldorf have it muted due to noise complaints

… speaking of which:

“Double-Glazed Waldorf Salad Served Vanilla Icy Cold” – the story of Brian, previous owner of Toast, getting his revenge upon the Waldorf by blasting the hotel with Vanilla Ice’s track “Ice Ice Baby” 24×7 until they relent, apologise to the local music industry, and agree that they really should install double glazing and shut the hell up already

Political Beef – Calls to Close Lake Side Burger Van

Chinese Christmas – Have Your Say on Internet Filtering

Moth Invasion – Kevin Rudd Opens Wallet to Pay for Round of Beers

Chief Justice Higgins Retires – Murderers face prospect of actually being imprisoned