Poking fun at politicians is an Australian pastime. Perhaps it’s our convict past, or the larrikinism embedded in our culture during the 19th and 20th centuries, but many Australians (myself included) have a healthy distrust of authority. Interestingly, the Australian system of representative democracy relies on a healthy level of distrust to operate effectively. In 1947, Statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill summarised the challenges of ...