The Government, you see, has been hard at work crafting Harry Potter-themed barbs to hurl at Labor leader Bill Shorten in the latest instalment in a weird series of jokes about the boy wizard. barnaby joyce cannot pronounce voldemort — James O'Doherty (@jmodoh) August 10, 2017Joyce, you might be interested to know, claimed both Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in his latest expenditure report. https://t.co/3Mr7dsC9Vy — Jess O'Callaghan (@jessocallaghan) September 11, 2017Of course, it's not only the government who love the Harry Potter jokes. "I saw the Prime Minister couldn't bring himself to say Tony Abbott's name," deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek said at the time. MORE: https://t.co/2uSaPzmyzq pic.twitter.com/TkDR9Od4HT — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) July 6, 2017We're not sure who the Harry Potter of federal politics is, but if you think you've got an idea, let us know.

Source: Huffington Post September 11, 2017 06:56 UTC