Piggy’s prevaricating protégé

Australians who like to poke fun at quaint, idiosyncratic New Zealand have, for once, got all the justification in the world. If they want relief from the toxic cesspool that passes for Australian politics, or reassurance that things can be just as contrary and irrational elsewhere, they need only look at what’s been happening for the past few weeks on the other side of the Ditch.