BUSTED: Lawrence Money Guilty of Plagiarism

The Aged Lawrence Money - a convicted criminal - has been caught red-handed plagiarising week old material from the OC.

The below is from his gossip column published today:

TODAY Diary reaches in to the very heart of the Spring Street asylum to uncover the startling sartorial truth behind the new Brumby regime. Word is that school principal John Brumby has demanded his troops smarten up their dress code.

Lady MPs are to wear a more "business-like, corporate" style of garment. Gentlemen: ties in chamber, please, and tuck in your shirts!

Our source? Two disgruntled lady Labor MPs who were lamenting the draconian edicts in the ladies' loo at Parliament House. Happily, our snout happened to be in a cubicle at the time.

"They said that quite a few of the Labor ladies were upset," said our informant, suggesting that the likes of Judy Maddigan, Joanne Duncan, Kirstie Marshall and Marcia (sic) Thompson were among those who had favoured the "relaxed" look.

Diary suspects the tie regulation may be a problem for the likes of laid-back Steve Herbert, and as for shirt-tails: Craig Langdon struggled valiantly last week (note Parliament was sitting last week) but only succeeded about 50 per cent of the time.

It is not known how Brumby plans to punish repeat offenders. Keep them in after session? Make them write lines? ("I will tuck my shirt in. I will tuck my shirt in …")

Footnote: Lavatory cubicles are not the only rich source of information at Spring Street. "You hear all sorts of things on the staircase at Parliament House, too," says our insider. MPs have been warned.

GUILTY AS CHARGED
Compare the above with the OC's post on the 23rd of August:

A patriot has written in from a Parliamentary bunker and the second floor toilets to inform us of the latest Caucus carnage in Spring Street. Our informant reports:

School teacher Brumby reads the riot act to unruly pupils

Conversation between two female Labor members on Thursday - apparently "decisive action man" Brumby has upset a few female Labor members by demanding more business like/corporate dress style for all Labor members of Parliament.

Much discussion ensued regarding the challenges in complying with the school master's dress code for Judy Maddigan, Joanne Duncan, Kirsty Marshall and Marsha Thompson. All these ladies, to put it in the most kindly way possible, currently have individual, unique and relaxed dress styles, reflecting their personalities not a version of what passes for acceptable in the boring corridors of DTF (OC: The Department of Treasury and Finance)

Male members are to wear ties at all times in the chamber - this will cause severe difficulties for Steve Herbert. (OC: Is this because he hasn't figured out how to tie a knot yet or because I tie has not yet been invented long enough to wrap around his tree stump neck?)

The always splendidly and sartorially dressed Premier Brumby also insists that male members must tuck shirts in at all times - Craig Langdon valiantly struggled this week - only succeeeding 50% of the time.

Will the punishment be a thousand lines of "I must dress correctly, or face detention or a few swishes of the cane?" (OC: We can only hope)