Gallery Gongs
I had the pleasure to invade 18 press gallery Chrissie bashes at Pollie Palace. So I identify with some of the saucy observations about the event.
At this week's do, Paul Mullins, Channel Ten's state political reporter for the past 30 years, entertained the throng when he starred as crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. Stripped to the waist and whispering "crikey and stone the crows", Mullins was filmed searching for signs of Politicius junk-divitis.
The Press Gallery president, the Sun-Herald's Alex Mitchell, distributed the annual awards. The prize for the minder of the year went to man mountain, Walt Secord, Carr's communications manager, described on the night as "the heavyweight champion of spin, the duke of deceit, the doyen of duplicity and the tsar of Country Labor".
· Saucy Season of Spins: Sir Secord [SMH ]