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First Dog On The Moon

The Sea Turtle and Centrelink

The truth about welfare reform

First Dog On The Moon

Aug 17, 2009

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  • Centrelink
  • climate change
  • kevin rudd's cat
  • Malcolm Turnbull
  • mrs slocombe
  • sea turtle
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paddy
15 years ago

Goodness me. I *do* hope that turtle’s got an extra thick shell.
Mind you FD.
A t-shirt with Jasper flouncing around in ostrich feathers and a sequinned vest.
Mmmm….might just be a goer. 🙂

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Venise Alstergren
15 years ago

How true, how true, how devastating true, FD.
I think the lady Turnbull on one side of the green door and on the other side of it all the other channels logos. We all know what a media freak he/she is and the pooch and the sea turtle where they are. Just love frames one to five. Well done. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Christine Johnson
15 years ago

Well it happens every day. Individuals arrive at government outposts to beseech guidance on horrible mangled life situations from learning-in-life robots. Thank heaven this time the all-at-sea turtle is personally steered by the cats-breath Jasper who’s atleast in touch with the policy maker!!

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Mike Smith
15 years ago

“You’re new here, aren’t you?” – the ultimate /. putdown.

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