unrepresentative swill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Australian Senate or its members.

Word forms

unrepresentative swill

Etymology

Coined by then-Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating in a parliamentary address on 4 November 1992. Some sources state he used the phrase earlier, in 1989.

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