It’s still not known for what event ‘‘Team Australia’’ was created, but the list of possible rivals for the gold medal appears to be shrinking.
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The first significant withdrawal is Team Russia following Team Australia’s Captain Tony launching a fearless, if extremely long-range, media attack on Team Russia’s Captain Vladimir Putin.
Captain Tony then proceeded with a similar extremely long-range media attack on “the enemies of freedom” – Scotland – and Team Scotland dropped out of the event.
Then, as if on cue, Team Australia’s heavyweight representative “The Colossus of Clive” blew any possibility of Team China’s involvement out of the water.
However, with two of Captain Tony’s talent scouts, Julie Bishop and Scott Morrison, talking up Cambodia as being a fabulous alternative to life in Australia (at least for boat people), the possibility of a Team Cambodia carrying the flag of all Asia in whatever it is Captain Tony has in mind could provide him a way out. So, let the games begin!