All The Stupid Shit That Happened In Politics This Year

THE JUNKEE WEEKLY No Images? [Click here]( [Junk Mail from Junkee]( ALL THE STUPID SHIT THAT HAPPENED IN POLITICS THIS YEAR Welcome to Junk Mail, your chance to catch up on the week in pop culture, music, news and politics. Here. We. Go. Welcome to the final Junk Mail of 2018. We've had some laughs, we've shared some tears, we've gaped at Canberra in horror. And really, it's only fitting that the year ends the way it began: [with the Nationals embroiled in a massively embarrassing sex scandal](. Honestly, it's been a banner year for our elected officials acting like pricks, so much so that we've put together this massive list of all [the scandals, sledges and stupid shit you might have missed and/or managed to block out](. Speaking of politicians being idiots, a recent poll has found that [a majority of Australians support pill-testing](, making them [much smarter than Gladys Berejiklian]( (and [exactly as smart as The Bachelor host Osher Gunsberg](). In other music news, drag queen Courtney Act [is in the running to represent Australia at Eurovision next year](. Please please please let this happen. Elsewhere, the internet is up in arms over [these photos of Will Smith as the Genie in Disney's live-action Aladdin remake](. Turns out you were all expecting him to be blue. But at least we can take solace in the fact that [the new Jafar is a total babe](. THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES [Junkee Investigates: What Crime Did Joe From Paul Kelly’s ‘How To Make Gravy’ Commit?]( Ben Jenkins gets to the bottom of the mystery behind Australia's favourite Christmas carol: [what crime did Joe from Paul Kelly’s ‘How To Make Gravy’ commit](? [Whoa, Karl Stefanovic Was Just Axed From Channel Nine’s ‘Today’ Show]( [Whoa, Karl Stefanovic Was Just Axed From Channel Nine’s ‘Today’ Show ]( [You Need To Watch Yael Stone Speak About Geoffrey Rush And The Complexity Of Consent]( [You Need To Watch Yael Stone Speak About Geoffrey Rush And The Complexity Of Consent ]( JULIAN ASSANGE [You Don’t Have To Like Julian Assange To Believe His Journalism Deserves A Defence]( In the 12 years since WikiLeaks rose to prominence, founder and editor Julian Assange has gone from "dissident publisher to object of mockery and derision across the political spectrum". But as former Greens Senator Scott Ludlam points out[in a new essay for Junkee](, you don't have to like the guy to believe his journalism deserves a defence. BUSY TONIGHT [We've Ranked 2018's Ultimate Internet Boyfriends]( "Busy Tonight is unique to late night — not because it has a woman host, or even because she tells you at the end of every episode that she loves you. It’s because the show is different. Like, actually different." Writer and comedian Kara Eva Schlegl gives some love to Busy Tonight, the late night show [giving the genre the shakeup it so desperately needs](. JASON MOMOA IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE [Please Enjoy Jason Momoa Living His Best Life In Pigtails On ‘The Project’]( You may think you're happy. But I guarantee you're not as happy as Aquaman star [Jason Momoa wearing pigtails on The Project](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Junkee is a Junkee Media publication. You are recieving this because you subscribed to the Junkee newsletter on our website, entered one of our competitions, or attended a Junkee event. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](