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The King's Birthday is Now an April Fool's Joke

The King's Birthday is Now an April Fool's Joke

Dan Andrews should be admonished, not awarded

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Jun 10, 2024
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Dan Andrews has been awarded the nation's highest honor. Which begs the question, is it June 10th?

Or is it April 1st?

The man who spent a decade running Victoria - into the ground - has received a Kings Birthday gong for …

“Eminent service to the people and parliament of Victoria, to public health, to policy and regulatory reform, and to infrastructure development”.

The people bestowing this year’s Kings Birthday Honours are trolling us, surely.

Oh, and West Australian pandemic premier Mark McGowan got an award as well - because, well, if you know a good joke, you can’t tell it too many times.

Now if there was an award for dressing up ludicrous decisions as health advice, I could understand the decision …

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