We Showed Non-Australians Photos Of Aussie Politics And It Was Hilarious
“I think Australia is drunk and needs to go home.”
BuzzFeed Australia sent a bunch of uncaptioned photos of Australian politics to our international colleagues and asked them to write down their immediate thoughts. This is what happened:
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and leader of the opposition, Bill Shorten.
Sebastian (Germany): They're really happy because they divided Australia among themselves.
Lincoln (US): OMG ZADDIES.
Elizabeth (UK): Oh god. Please no more men. Have you seen what they've done to Britain?
Victor (Russia): They appear to be in opposition to each other since one is wearing blue tie and the other is wearing red one.
Susana (Brazil): They look like white male politicians everywhere (even Brazil).
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Federal parliamentary parties list.
Guillermo (Spain): Motoring Enthusiast? WTF? Also, isn't Glenn Lazarus a character from Harry Potter? And why would someone want a xenomorph running their country?
Erin (US): Are the Australian Motoring Enthusiasts just a group of people who love motor boats and want government subsidies for their motor boats so they can keep motor boating around on their motor boats?
Susie (US): Facebook: "Reminder: You have one event today."
Me: [clicks]
Facebook: "It's John Madigan's Manufacturing and Farming Party."
Me:
Facebook: "You said you were interested."
Me:
Jules (France): It's like a NASCAR team line-up.
Hilary (UK): Nick Xenophon Team sounds like a really shit Marvel superhero film. Would not watch.
Pauline Hanson "crushing" the major parties.
Sebastian (Germany): How to survive the Sydney traffic jam.
Erin (US): The car from Dumb and Dumber is piiiiiissed.
Lincoln (US): Purple goddess challenges monster truck in a battle to the death. I'm into it.
Elizabeth (UK): The Motoring Enthusiast Party is launching their manifesto to crush the competition.
Monica (Senegal): I'm... a bit confused... Is it the Australian equivalent of Top Gear?
Conz (Argentina): I thought this was about politics in Australia, not a regular Saturday afternoon in Texas.
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