Pollie this and that

Australian English is often incomprehensible to others outside in the rest of the world. I experienced this first hand when visiting Canada and the USA some years ago. I had to speak slowly and rephrase much of my language and try and moderate my relatively mild accent!

This election year we have had several additions to the word root "pollie" - meaning politician!

This includes:

Polifacts: http://www.politifact.com.au/ " Home of the Truth-o-Meter" A single digit effect perhaps?? Well known Australian non-verbal expression

Q and A Fact Checking by the Conversation
All these sites evaluating the Politicians.

Fact checking - now there's a non-political activity! Bound not to be read by those true believers, of various persuasions.

Even the ABC has been using the Pollie Filter. Mentioned by Jon Faine, just now on 774 Radio Melbourne!

Galah

Who judges the judges?

Again, the people of course.

No hope for Pollie Free ( in any sense). Even the Galahs are flocking and noisy, especially in drought stricken Queensland!