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The year kicked off with South Australian Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi writing a book, linking single families to crime and "promiscuity".
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Treasurer Joe Hockey was forced into an epic national apology for making this clanger about raising the tax on petrol.
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Backbench LNP Senator George Christensen was all kinds of offensive when he told people not to complain about the budget.
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And Clive Palmer was everywhere, offending everyone. Especially, when he called Chinese "mongrels" on live national TV. OH CRAZY CLIVE.
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Former colleague Senator Lambie sprung to his defence and argued Australia needed a missile defence system to push back against China.
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Cory Bernardi was Senator Lambie's natural ally and backed her moves to ban the burqa.
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Senator Lambie really was concerned about national security. Like when she straight-up asked about "Ebola infected" ISIS suicide bombers.
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Australia's top ranking female politician, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had some head-scratching views on the word "feminist".
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And Finance Minister Mathias Cormann decided to sledge Labor Leader Bill Shorten, calling him "an economic girly-man".
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Really? REALLY?! Come on.