[Misc] Australia Day Who’s Your Favourite Aussie

[Baldseagull]

Steve Irwin.

 

[Eric Potts]

Skippy

 

[Keith Patel]

 

[RossyG]

A little bit ashamed to say that I cant think of one single Australian who made my life better, more interesting or more entertaining in any way whatsoever... but surely there must be someone.

Here you are.



Are you not entertained?

If not, then just watch Mad Max 2 or Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

As for making your life better, how about wifi?

 

[The Clamp]

Barry Humphries by a country mile. Both his Sir Les Paterson and Dame Edna persona's have me howling with laughter and the man himself is an intelligent, sensitive wit with a huge heart and an appetite for life.

Nick Cave - for obvious reasons.

Ben Mendelsohn - great actor

I'm gonna say Mad Mel Gibbo Gibson even though I think he's American by birth and an anti-semite by choice. But he's been in some of my favourite movies.

Merv Hughes gets a nod, if only for his appetite for partying.

Australia has a tradition of great sports and arts. Some fantastic acting and theatre schools.

 

[Juan Albion]

Without a doubt, the entire thejuicemedia crew.

So many classics to choose from.

 

[colinz]

A little bit ashamed to say that I cant think of one single Australian who made my life better, more interesting or more entertaining in any way whatsoever... but surely there must be someone.

Gough Whitlam

Whitlam and Kirk

Mid-1974: Gough Whitlam and Norman Kirk begin a series of moves absolutely
against the Mafia Trilateralists. Whitlam refuses to waive restrictions on
overseas borrowings to finance Alwest Aluminium Consortium of Rupert
Murdoch, BHP and R.J. Reynolds. Whitlam had also ended Vietnam War support,
blocked uranium mining and wanted more control over US secret spy bases -
e.g. Pine Gap.

Kirk had introduced a new, tough Anti-Monopoly Bill and had tried to
redistribute income from big companies to the labour force through price
regulation and a wages policy.

Kirk had also rejected plans to build a second aluminium smelter near
Dunedin and was preparing the Petroleum Amendment Bill to give more control
over New Zealand oil resources.

Kirk had found out that Hunt Petroleum, drilling in the Great South Basin,
had discovered a huge resource of oil comparable in size to the North Sea
or Alaskan North Slope. Gas reserves alone now estimated at 30 times bigger
than Kapuni and oil reserves of at least 20 billion barrels - enough for
New Zealand to be self-sufficient for years. Oil companies completely
hushed up these facts. To have announced a vast new oil source would
probably mean a decline in world oil prices, which would not have allowed
OPEC and Onassis plans for the Arabs to eventuate. N.Z. could be exploited
at a later date, particularly since the North Sea operations were about to
come on stream - Kirk was the last tohold out.

September, 1974: According to CIA sources, Kirk was killed by the
Trilateralists using Sodium Morphate. Rowling's first act as NZ Prime
Minister was to withdraw Kirk's Anti-Monopoly Bill and the Petroleum
Amendment Bill.

Later, Rowling was to be rewarded with ambassadorship to Washington.
Incidentally, the Shah of Iran was murdered the same way as Kirk on his
arrival in the US.

6th October, 1974: Ray cline implements William Colby plan to oust
Australian Prime Minister Whitlam. Nugan Hand Bank finances payoffs to
Malcolm Fraser and other pro-US politicians. A joint bugging operation
commences between CIA and ASIA.


Rupert Murdoch, playing his part, uses his newspapers and television
network to spread lies and misinformation. Whitlam, as well as refusing to
waive restrictions on overseas borrowing to finance the aluminium
consortium, had plans to ensure that all corporations were at least 50%
Australian-owned. This interfered with the Seven Sisters' plans to build
three oil refineries at Cape Northumberland in South Australia to exploit
the Great South Basin discovery.

December, 1974: Australian Governor-General John Kerr joins Ray Cline's
payroll and received his first pay-off of $US200,000 credited to his
account number 767748 at the Singapore branch ofthe Nugan Hand Bank.

11th November, 1975: Governor-General Kerr sacks the Whitlam Government.

https://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?id=17241

 

[Klaas]

No competition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98pDAahhtqw

 

[BadFish]

Me.

 

[Razzoo]

Honourable mention for this loon

 

[Gwylan]

The Aussie who's made me laugh the most was Norman Gunston - the Little Aussie Bleeder. The inventor of the fake talk-show host - as later taken up by Dennis Pennis, Mrs Merton and Ali G - he did it better than all his followers. His 'interview' with Edward Woodward and Michelle Dotrice is one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV

 

[zefarelly]

Used to hate him but now I enjoy listening to Shane Warne commentating on cricket

He's ok ins't he. Glen MCGrath too, never a fan as he was skittling out English batsmen for fun, but a decent man. Clarke and the Waughs can do one though.

 

[rocker959]

Kevin Bloody Wilson

 

[Lenny Rider]

As a boy I used to fancy Plain Jane Superbrain in Neighbours.

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Channel hopping the other day, she's back, a more mature lady, but still stunning in her own special way then again we are all over 50 now.

 

[The Tassie Seagull]

Dave Skippy Clarkson?

Not sure which one out of Dave or Errol are my favourite Tasmanian.