The campaign to abolish the GST on tampons sure has been a surreal one. First there was an online petition, then there was a giant tampon, then there were dancing tampons on the lawns of Parliament House.
So really, none of us should be at all surprised that Tony Abbott's sister makes a cameo in a rap video about the tampon tax parodying Snoop Dogg's Drop It Like It's Hot .
The Liberal councillor for the City of Sydney, who has spoken out against her brother on marriage equality, mostly plays it cool dancing in the background, and unfortunately doesn't have a solo rap verse.
The video, titled Drop It Like It's Rot was made by actor/director Mia Lethbridge and features lines like "I B L E E D just coz I was born as me, so I pay the GST coz menstruation ain't for free."
And this line too. Which has got to be a little bit awkward for the family.
Christine Forster is a personal friend of Lethbridge, and was happy to be involved.
The video comes out on the same day that Tony Abbott refused to say whether he would rule out raising the GST to 15% during Question Time.
The majority of state treasurers have said they would support repealing the tampon tax, which activists say is unfair because other health products like condoms, lubricants, sunscreen and nicotine patches are exempt from the GST.
So, if the government was hoping it would go away, with this video out in the world now, it looks like the red-hot issue of the tampon tax is just going to keep popping up.
