For the Bank Holiday weekend, we thought you might enjoy this, the “latest YouTube sensation”, apparently.

The rictus grimace delivered by Mr Shorten after his first response is particularly telling, we suggest.

It might spring to mind the next time you see or hear one of our great leaders from Croydon Town Hall spouting the party line. Even if they are not quite sure what that line is just yet.

Advance Australia fair, indeed.

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