It is the airing of the grievances time in the chamber (90 second statements) which at this time of year contains a bunch of Christmas thank yous and poems (proving why politicians go into politics and not the more obvious creative fields)

We are all waiting for Barnaby Joyce to get up and announce his move to One Nation.

Much like he announced he was actually a New Zealand citizen and had to resign from parliament (a story Adam Gartrell and I were about to break for the SMH and his staff screwed us on when we waited for comment) he’s doing it for the Hansard.

Monique Ryan and Sophie Scamps are laughing and pointing to Barnaby and patting the benches next to him, telling him to come on over.