A senior Righter with the Murdoch media has once again drawn the attention of lawyers for Australian entertainment icon, the late Barry Humphries.

The legal firm acting for the estate of Mr Humphries this week wrote to the foreign editor of the national broadshit The Australian, Greg Sheridan, (pictured above fast asleep on ABC TV’s Insiders) telling him he should desist from appropriating characters created by the entertainer who died aged 89 in 2023.

“We note that you continue to appear regularly on ABC TV’s Insiders political discussion program,” the letter stated.

“In doing so it is clear from your appearance and contributions to discussion alongside other panellists on the program that you are imitating the mind-numbingly tedious character Sandy Stone, invented and performed by our late client over many decades. (below)

“We also note a recent column penned by you referencing Dame Edna Everage – another of our client’s invented characters. (below)

“We remind you, as we have done previously, that you should cease appropriating these characters and your failure to do so will result in further action on behalf of our late client,” the letter said.

A spokesperson for The Australian said Mr Sheridan could not be woken for comment.

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WASHINGTON DC: A White House source says there is a simple explanation for the relative calm in the US-Israeli war on Iran following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation.

Since the prime-time speech by the President only one major bridge on Tehran has been blown up by US forces.

That action followed Mr Trump’s rambling three-hour televised address in which he spoke of urgent major issues confronting America including the judicial blocking of his new White House ballroom, his continued use of personalised Sharpie pens to sign executive orders and other documents, his efforts to deny an estimated 50% of Americans the right to register to vote at upcoming primary and general elections, and plans to privatise the US Supreme Court.

He concluded his speech with a range of bird call imitations before making fleeting remarks about the Middle East including references to the ‘Strait of Trump’, the ‘Trump Gulf’, and ‘Trump Island’ – believed to be his descriptions of the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, and Kharg Island.

“There has been a bit of a lull on the Iran front in the last day or so because once the President ended his speech he left the podium and walked straight into a broom cupboard,” a White House source said. (below)

“Everyone is waiting for him to emerge, although [press secretary] Karoline Leavitt has gone in once or twice to talk to him and to change his diaper to help refresh her talking points.”

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CANBERRA: In a break with protocol Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has asked the ABC if he could “do over” his address to the nation in response to one by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the current fuel crisis.

“Angus told me he just wasn’t feeling 100% during the speech,” a Liberal Party source said.

“He couldn’t put his finger on the exact problem but talking to him afterwards I got the impression he felt the problem was that his speech was a bit too rushed in its preparation coming just a day after the PM who obviously had more time to prepare.

“Things were all just a bit too hasty were his exact words,” the source said. (below)

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