Which Wilson? ABC announces wrong resignation from parliament

May 10, 2018 4:08

Dr Mumbo knows it’s been a tough few days for the ABC – it’s had its funding frozen and had to scale-back Gruen to just Gru – so it’s no wonder two politicians with the same surname became interchangeable.

While ALP Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson announced his resignation from parliament – another man with too many citizenships, it seems – the national broadcaster mistakenly announced Coalition MP for Goldstein, Tim Wilson, was giving a speech and resigning.

Um, @abcnews – that’s @JoshWilsonMP. I’m sitting through #QuestionTime pic.twitter.com/e17ZWJOI7U

— Tim Wilson MP (@TimWilsonMP) May 9, 2018

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1 COMMENTS

C-Diddy 11 May 18

Thank god for Mumbrella.

Imagine if this had gone unreported?

In other news, Fairfax misplaced a comma and Newscorp omitted an apostrophe. Also someone spilt their tea at Channel 7 and there was someone parked illegally at Channel 9. What is happening to the industry!?

Particularly ironic given how frequently Mumbrella gets stuff wrong, misspells words or posts unsubstantiated gossip.

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