John Menadue is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Pearls and Irritations. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.


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5 responses to “This warrants a John Clarke memorial award?— ScoMo- the hop on hop off marketing man.”
Yet again we see a politician who is a waste of food. If he was a sheep in my paddock he’d be small goods before the sun rose.
Brilliant … But l don’t believe it is fiction !!!
I think “I am on it, I just got off it.” sums up the logic of the Libs for the past six years.
Bliss. Sheer comic genius. Give that Reporter a Walkley Award. Or, perhaps a Jacques: for ripening & rotting from hour to hour?
That was very funny and you would swear that Clark was really asking those questions!
Bloody good stuff!