The Bali agenda. Forget all the invocation of Nicholas Stern. Wayne Swan is going off to the climate change conference so a representative of the Queensland AWU can keep an eye on the Labor left.

Dr Brendan pays the bills. Surprised by the makeup of the shadow ministry? It’s easily explained. Nick Minchin and the NSW right gave Dr Brendan the numbers to become leader. He’s now settled the debt.

Lookalikes. Crikey subscribers write:

Have any readers noticed the resemblance between Antony Green and Flacco. Could they possibly be related?

Have any readers noticed the resemblance between Julia Gillard and Zippy the Conehead? Are they distant cousins?

Have any readers noticed the resemblance between Dr Brendan and Laura Palmer’s father Leland in Twin Peaks? Should Special Agent Dale Cooper be called in to investigate their links?

Have any readers noticed the resemblance between Julie Bishop and Barry “The Cougar” Dawson? Are they indeed one and the same? Have they ever been seen in the same room together?