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noun
The Australian Senate or its members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australian, derogatory, humorous, sometimes, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
