There were unprecedented scenes at Parliament House Canberra. The whole Press Gallery was seen rolling around the floor. At first it was assumed they had stayed too long at the bar but, not so, they were just having uncontrolled fits of laughter.
It appears that Prime Minister John Howard announced that he had received Intelligence Reports that there was a credible threat of a terrorist attack on Australia.
Because this was Secret PM's Business he was unable to reveal details of the possible threat however the leaked information came from reliable sources.
Two El Qaeda operatives, Sadaam No Wmd and Le Tampa Kid Obord confirmed that the terrorist attack was imminent. It is not known whether the attacks will be on buses with flour bombs or on lone travellers with pillow cases stuffed with feathers but the threat is real.
There is an urgent need to get the anti-terrorist laws through in the two days. This is so any journalist who tells anybody that an Australian has been locked away in a secret concentration camp without trial indefinitely can be jailed for seven years.
Peter Stalin and Kim Mao welcomed the move to rush the legislation though. Kim said it is important that we have the power to lock suspects up forever without a court case to preserve our democratic way of life. Peter was quoted as saying that there are lots of journalists who he would like to jail.
News and Current Affairs programs were filled with politicians saying that news of this imminent terrorist attack was not just another John Winston Howard beat-up to get shonky legislation through both houses in a hurry.
An emergency sitting of both houses has been called. It is to be behind closed doors. Back-benchers have been excluded. They will be told how they voted on Monday.
