Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called an election date. At
least, that's what the ABC wants you think. The broadcaster has
issued a mock press release today in a bid to promote its
upcoming pre-election shows, Gruen Nation and The Hamster Decides.
The news proclaimed the PM had finally set an election date - Saturday 14 September 2013 - to allow the broadcaster to schedule its election-related specials of Gruen Planet and The Hamster Wheel called Gruen Nation and The Hamster Decides. They will air on August 21 from 8.30pm.
According the release, Rudd said: "I asked the Governor General to set an election date immediately, and one that suits the national broadcaster. The Australian people deserve certainty about who scrutinises and satirises the contest to become Prime Minister."
“When the election is over, The Hamster Decides will contribute a post-vote wrap-up, mostly to cover the next Labor leadership spill. Gruen Nation will continue its tragic identity crisis and become Gruen Planet for the following eight weeks.”
Gruen Nation host and comedian Wil Anderson said not knowing the election date was "very inconvenient". "After all we’ve done for this government, I was a bit surprised they didn’t sort it out a little faster," he said.
The broadcaster took a stab at Rudd's recent return to the position of PM, with Anderson "dismissing speculation" that the election might not he held on September 14. “I can’t imagine Prime Minister Rudd would want to compromise Julia Gillard’s legacy by doing something like that. He’s always struck me as the kind of man who lets the past stay in the past.”
Julian Morrow, executive producer of The Hamster Decides, confirmed both shows would go ahead even if the election happens earlier. “If there’s an early election we’ll just reduce the quality of our shows.”
The new director of ABC Television, Richard Finlayson, said, “There’s no f#*king way I’m letting them use my name in a fake quote.” “That’s fine, they can use mine,” said ABC managing director Mark Scott.
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