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Leading article Australia

Tongue-tied election

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

17 August 2013

9:00 AM

One of the more enduring images of this election campaign will be the toe-curling performance of Liberal candidate Jayme Diaz as he attempts to obscure the fact that he has no idea how to answer the question being put to him by saying nothing whatsoever at all. This hilarious and excruciating moment has become an international YouTube hit (the last one we had was, of course, Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny’ speech) and the hapless candidate for Greenway has provided visual fodder for any number of comedy sketches across the globe.

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