Backk to the house of reps and Ted O’Brien inflicts himself on all of us, which honestly – haven’t we been punished enough this week?

We learned yesterday that inflation has smashed through the top of the RBA target band. This is a direct consequence of the Treasurer’s spending spree. Labor spending is growing four times faster than the economy and reached a 40-year high outside recession. What is the Treasurer’s explanation for unemployment and inflation being well above the RBA forecast, not unlike the stagflation from the 70s which people nowadays refer to as the “Jimflation Effect”.

I am begging all of the Gods – could someone with an actual sense of humour, or at least a tiny bit of wit write these questions? Because for Dolly’s sake it is so pedestrian if I wasn’t been forced to watch this, I would be stabbing myself in the face with a fork because it would be less painful.