Some trivia to lighten the mood (sorry I can't draw comic strips...

Some trivia to lighten the mood (sorry I can't draw comic strips J) - The Oz is now a subscription/pay service - so only have a slice of the story:

Slipper's pecuniary interests include buy-up of resources stock

BY: ROSEANNE BARRETT From: The Australian November 24, 2011 2:28PM

NEWLY installed Speaker Peter Slipper has declared a recent buy-up of resource stocks in the latest pecuniary interest register to parliament.

The Sunshine Coast MP wrote to the registrar of members' interests in late July to advise his family trust had acquired additional share holdings.

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from Google alert snippet: Mr Slipper also said the trust had bought and sold shares in Continental Coal "leaving a substantial shareholding", but sold all stock with Citadel Resources Group. A frequent traveller, Mr Slipper advised he and his wife were upgraded by Qantas to ...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/slippers-pecuniary-interests-include-buy-up-of-resources-stock/story-fn59niix-1226204867078