Dear Individual,

Aaron Hill is an English poet.
And because he uses words of
more than one syllable - you'd probably
consider him an "academic."

There you go.

There you go.
Foxy,
you must admit I was pretty close, my next guess would have been rich kid. Cheers

Dear Individual,

Of course you would have -
you're not happy - without a delusion
of some kind. ;-)

Clive would appear to be digging a very large hole for himself legally, ironic, no?
As for Ms Wong, how soon we forget!
Think back to her performance in Gov', she was a tortured speaker and an absolute bane to good communication, a consummate politician, and exactly what's wrong with our Two Party System.
She is now playing the role of Opposition just as adroitly, and able to be a little looser in her pronouncements thereby. I don't doubt she's enjoying that, the irresponsibility.
However, as I said, she's a perfect example of everything wrong with the Australian political system, she's a party hack, a dirty infighter without heart, morals or ideology, good at acquiring power within the corrupt system we suffer under but as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike when it comes to good policy for Australia or our common weal.
Like all politicians here her time is roughly divided into 80% striving for personal power or influence, 15% scheming for her Party's advantage and what's left devoted to Parliament, with electoral business squeezed into any gaps as and when she feels like it.

G'dayBruce,

Re Ms Wong, that is my assessment of her exactly.

I am hoping that she and other career politicians like her are creatures of a particular time, the dark period of political correctness, which is slowly lifting.

There always were quick-witted opportunists like Ms Wong. It is just that a perfect storm in human events created the environment for more of the same selfish, egocentric, mercenary frauds to bloom for a time.

Types who always escape responsibility for errors, but are the first in to lodge personal claim for the results obtained from the efforts of others who never ask for and rarely get credit themselves.

And I always understood Penny Wong was born in Malaysia and educated in Australia.