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Little do people know that New Zealand is one of the very few of the most liberal countries in the world. We are extremely conservative compared to the Kiwis. They had a female Prime minister (their second one now) decades before us, they legalised same sex marriages years before us, they have a Treaty with their Indigenous population, less racist parties and have a more humane refugee program.They decriminalised soft drugs. Jacinta Arden's husband is now cracking jokes on our behest. She gave a Maori name to her new born daughter. Good on her. It will politically suicidal for an Australian politician to give his children an Aboriginal name.
'Unlucky country': New Zealand has fun as Australia's political gloom deepens
Even Jacinda Ardern’s partner adds to the amusement of residents across the Tasman.
‘New Zealand, hold your PM tight tonight,’ tweeted Peter Helliar – to which Clarke Gayford answered ‘Done’. Photograph: Boris Jancic/AAP
Australia’s latest leadership debacle is causing amusement across the Tasman, with even the New Zealand prime minister’s partner getting in on the act.
“New Zealand, hold your prime minister tight tonight, you don’t know how lucky you are ... actually I think you do,” tweeted comedian Peter Helliar on a day when not one but three politicians are vying for Australia’s top job.
“Done,” tweeted Jacinda Ardern’s partner, Clarke Gayford, now a stay-at-home father to the couple’s daughter, Neve Te Aroha.
The jokes flowed thick and fast as Australia descended into what is being described as a “farcical” race for the top job.
The jokes flowed thick and fast as Australia descended into what is being described as a “farcical” race for the top job.
In the New Zealand Herald, Newstalk ZB political editor Barry Soper wrote an opinion piece titled “Aussie politicians – they like a blood soaked carpet”.
“This week the ruling Liberal party’s been like a pack of dingoes rounding on their prey, the mega-rich former banker Malcolm Turnbull who’s been fighting them off in a losing battle,” wrote Soper.
“This week the ruling Liberal party’s been like a pack of dingoes rounding on their prey, the mega-rich former banker Malcolm Turnbull who’s been fighting them off in a losing battle,” wrote Soper.
“By comparison leadership changes in this country are like a simple changing of the guard; sure there’s tension if there’s a contest, but they tend to put their best foot forward rather than aiming it where the sun don’t shine.”
In their morning bulletin, the Spinoff asked “How will lucky country chaos affect NZ?”
“In Australian politics today, something will happen,” wrote Alex Braae.
“Sorry, I can’t really be any more specific than that, because the events of yesterday were so bizarre, and the possibilities today are endless.”
The NZ Greens MP Gareth Hughes, who is currently in Canberra, wrote that “the seemingly never-ending political upheaval is getting in the way of big decisions – like what to do about climate change”.
“Political spills are as quintessentially Australian as that image of the dingo eating the washed-up shark on the beach while two snakes mate in the foreground,” wrote Hughes.
“I’m in Australia witnessing the political drama unfold and I’m asking myself why the so-called lucky country has been so unlucky when it comes to the political stability stakes ... One politician had to cancel on a meeting at the last minute to deal with ‘you know what’. People are constantly checking their phone to see if the country still has a prime minister.”
The veteran Australian political reporter Kerry-Anne Walsh phoned into her weekly Radio NZ spot with the words: “Ah good-morning, reporting from the land of madness”, causing host Susie Ferguson to dissolve into laughter.
“I just thought it [spills] was tradition,” said Ferguson, deadpan.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...has-fun-as-australias-political-gloom-deepens
