Goody, humans.

Few things in this world make people more uncomfortable than being made fun of.

Nobody likes having the fun poked out of them, especially people who are powerful.

I find because the powerful sought to be powerful because they wanted to feel important

and be respected by other people and be noticed.

The last thing they want is for

someone to bring them down a peg and point out that the emperor's wearing no clothes. Well,

that's what I've spent much of my life trying to do, and it's what our guest today has devoted

his to doing much better and with much more of a laser satirical focus than I. Mark Humphreys is well known to Australian audiences

for his satirical sketches on the country's flagship current affairs program.

He owns the sort of final two minutes of the week

in which he takes a swipe at politicians.

It's the sort of thing that might sound a little bit something like this.

In recent months, leaders at both a federal and a state level have been accused of passing

the buck to discuss accountability in politics. I'm joined now by the federal minister for the

buck. As minister for the buck, does the buck stop with you? That's actually a common

misconception.

We are in a public health emergency, which means that buck responsibility actually transfers to the states. So you're passing the buck onto state governments? Well, for me to pass the buck

on, I'd have to be in possession of the buck, which I'm clearly not, because the buck doesn't

stop with me. Then where has the buck stopped? At the state border, the buck can't leave unless it is granted an exemption,

which it won't be since the buck won't stop with me.

That is Mark Humphreys on the 730 report recently.

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