CORRECTIONS (After Calvin Trillin)
24 February
Under election campaign pressure, some names have been misprinted. Mr Malcolm Ternble of Naracoorte wishes to point out that he has not made any public statements on negative gearing and is unsure what negative gearing means. The error was made by a Gen Y subeditor and should have read 'Prime Minister Malcolm Ternbull'.
26 February
A faulty email resulted in the Australian Foreign Minister being cited as Ms Julia Bishop. The correct nomenclature is Ms Julia Bronwyn. Ms Bronwyn was inaccurately described as a part-time helicopter pilot. Contrary to our report, she does not have a 'love child' by any past or present member of the Coalition.
29 February
We regret further technical problems which have led Mr Malcolm Ternbull of Fortitude Valley to assure our readers that he is not the Prime Minister of Australia and, furthermore, that he 'wouldn't touch the job if they served it on a Point Piper ceramic plate'. Concerning a reference to the Prime Minister as a 'fumbling ditherer', the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Peter Credlin, is drafting a reply. There is no ceramic industry in Point Piper. The errors were caused by a poor mobile phone connection.
5 March
Our reference to 'Peter Credlin' as the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff was sourced from an outdated Hansard. Our correction should not have cited Mr Arthur Sinodinos AO as Peter Credlin's successor. Mr Sinodinos is Cabinet Secretary. Mr Peter Credlin could not be found for comment. Mr Sinodinos has never been linked romantically with a 'Peter Credlin'. Mr Sinodinos did not 'misplace' $74,000 as Deputy Chair of the Liberal Party, he simply did not notice it and 'could not recall' not noticing it.
"Mr Tony Abbott does not collect budgerigars nor has he ever been involved in any smuggling enterprise."
15 March
We apologise to Mr Antonio Pasquini OAM of Ashgrove Drive, Woollahra, for our unsupported reference to the absence of a ceramic industry in Point Piper and environs. Mr Pasquini, who assures us he produces many a glazed earthenware with decals and single-fired, unglazed non-vitrified bisque in his specially equipped garden studio, points out that such adornments 'are a feature in The Lodge because the Prime Minister, Tony Turnbull, is a keen collector'. The omission of the ceramics industry was caused by our correspondent's reliance on Wikipedia where bisque is exclusively cited as 'a creamy soup'.
17 March
In our 'Who's Who in Parliament' feature, Dublin born Mr Matthew O'Gorman