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This Is What Happened When Non-Australians Saw Photos Of Aussie Politics

"I think Australia is drunk and needs to go home."

BuzzFeed Australia sent a bunch of uncaptioned photos of Australian politics to our international colleagues and asked them to write down their immediate thoughts. This is what happened:

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and leader of the opposition, Bill Shorten.

Federal parliamentary parties list.

Pauline Hanson "crushing" the major parties.

Malcolm Turnbull stroking a rat on a man's shoulder.

Barnaby Joyce contemplating an llama.

Sam Dastyari raving about halal snack packs in parliament.

Former Australian Idol host James Mathison's political slogan.

The "fake tradie" ad.

Bill Shorten's comments on lettuce.

The democracy sausage map.

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