Hug with a clear conscience.
First published in The Hobart Mercury 5/7/08.
Sure, there was the toffy accent, the toffy head, the toffy mannerisms, the Things That Batter, AWB, Iraq, the fact that he was in every respect a more hilarious leader of the Opposition than Brendan could ever hope to be, but first and last, the thing that summed up Lexy was the fishnet stockings.
First published in The Australian July 2, 2008.