Yes Foxy you are right.
While I looked back for past ocerisms, new ones are made every day.
The storm in this tea cup, it can not be overlooked, is the tragic policy,s or lack of them, by conservatives.
Mate, what a word, proud to use it at the counter I long ago stopped calling women love or darl and say thanks mate.
Even that got me bruised by a young lady who reminded me we did not even know one another?
She lost the verbal tennis that followed in straight sets, as elderly customers reminded her of its meaning.
The young are driving new Aussie speak and in my view you would not be dead for quids

As C.J.DENNIS would have said, "Strike a light!The fact that our Prime Minister is more like most Aussie blokes, shouldn't put the kibosh on his being a bit more "bong tong" when he talks to other Leaders of the world.He doesn't need to bung it on when he's talking to us.