Nerds Furious As Jock Turns Out To Be Better Than Them At The Nerdy Shit

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The Labor Government is seething this week, as a former national sporting hero transforms into hero of federal politics.

Nearly a year into their second term as a majority government, the Federal Cabinet are increasingly frustrated that they aren't being praised for all of their cool symbolism.

For example, just yesterday, they agreed to slash to the fuel excise tax to deal with surging prices in the wake of the Iran war.

This grand gesture of having taxpayers subsidise taxpayers - for a whopping 26 cents of the 3 dollars they are now paying per litre of diesel - was barely a ripple in the news cycle when compared to the tsunami of public support that Independent Federal Senator David Pocock has tapped into by calling for a 25% windfall tax.

Albanese has since dismissed Pocock as a social media sensation who is leaning on 'grievance politics' - but Poey has the data, and the ability to lay it out in a way that low-information voters understand.

And the numbers don't lie. Australians pay more tax at the front bar of their local hotel, through the government's beer excise, than all of the tax-dodging multinationals that are pillaging Australian soil for gas and coal combined.

He's also clarified that if a windfall tax was introduced in 2022, Australia would have over $60 billion dollars in the government kitty by now.

But the inconvenient facts aren't what frustrates the Federal Government, it's the fact that this political issue is being highlighted by a man who looks like he hasn't eaten a carb since before the twin towers came down, and has actually led Australia as a rugby world cup captain.

The nerds are furious that this jock has turned out to be just as capable at researching, dissecting, and distributing political messages as he was at folding an All Blacks front rower at Eden Park.

With a cabinet made up of career politicians who have never worked outside of the Labor Party, Government MPs are now asking 'who the hell is this guy to tell us how to run the country' - especially considering he's only ever worked as an Australian sporting hero, conservationist, agricultural activist and not-for-profit volunteer and community organiser.