Dear G,
A new political celebrity has emerged in Australia this week.
Her name is Stella. She’s just a dog, but she’s had more coverage from the political media in this country than Labor’s national conference.
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Stella made her debut on the national political scene this week by incessantly barking – you know, because she’s a dog – and disrupting a live interview with her owner, Member for New England and former Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Barnaby Joyce.
Barnaby interrupted the interview by shouting at Stella to ‘sit down’.
While it’s not something you usually see during a live political interview, yelling at a dog that’s constantly barking is something millions of people do every day.
But such is the tragic state of political journalism that it dominated coverage in Australia this week. It also made international headlines, from CNN to Al Jazeera and even the South China Morning Post.
It has generated hundreds of media articles. Labor ministers have fallen over themselves to comment on it. Animal rights extremists immediately jumped on board to accuse Barnaby of being an animal abuser, and left-wing outlets like the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC consulted animal experts about whether it was appropriate. Several outlets brought up Barnaby’s other famous dog story when, as a government minister, he told celebrities Johnny Depp and Amber Heard to take their dogs ‘Pistol’ and ‘Boo’ home because they had breached Australia’s quarantine laws.
Dogs being dogs, Stella has been largely unaware of and indifferent to her new-found celebrity and profound influence on the big political issues affecting Australia and the world today. However, she can take satisfaction from highlighting just how ridiculous the political media have become.
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Sitdown! Barnaby's Dog Leads
Every dog owner knows the feeling.
Somewhere important to be, an audience watching and a dog who has quietly decided today is not the day for instructions. Sometimes you just have to say it loud and clear: sit down.
Barnaby said it on live television, and Stella (a farm dog with near-perfect manners) took it in her stride. The clip made its way around the world overnight, giving people everywhere a laugh.
We figured a dog owner with that kind of conviction deserved a lead to match.
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only in australia hey 
slimy, corrupt career politicians vs a female fish and chip shop owner from ipswich . sounds like the script from a irreverent aussie comedy movie like "the castle" 
