Hi Powdies

The Fed Env Min swapped his (velour?) jacket for a "Big Issue" vendor's jacket yesterday, on Edward St and Adelaide St in Brisbane yesterday afternoon (4.30-ish).

He was running a bit late due to some previous meetings, but managed to sign and sell a few copies of the latest issue (with Hugh Laurie from "House" on the cover, and a quote by George W Bush on the inside claiming that Obama "has no clue, I promise you").  Meanwhile, two socialists fired questions without notice (from a distance) about uranium mines and the effect of the Northern Territory intervention on indigenous Australians, while selling "Green Left Weekly".

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