1. The year kicked off with South Australian Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi writing a book, linking single families to crime and "promiscuity".

2. Then, there was that time single mother Tasmanian Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie described her perfect man.

3. Prime Minister Tony Abbott insulted all Aboriginal Australians and called pre-1788 Australia, "scarcely settled". **facepalm**

5. Treasurer Joe Hockey was forced into an epic national apology for making this clanger about raising the tax on petrol.

6. Backbench LNP Senator George Christensen was all kinds of offensive when he told people not to complain about the budget.
Aussies should do tour of Asia & live like locals to put these 1st world complaints re budget in perspective #auspol
8. Former colleague Senator Lambie sprung to his defence and argued Australia needed a missile defence system to push back against China.

9. Cory Bernardi was Senator Lambie's natural ally and backed her moves to ban the burqa.
Note burqa wearers in some of the houses raided this morning? This shroud of oppression and flag of fundamentalism is not right in Aust
13. Australia's top ranking female politician, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had some head-scratching views on the word "feminist".

16. Labor Leader Bill Shorten's zingers were so bad they made Australia dumber. They were excruciating.

17. Really? REALLY?! Come on.

19. And Education Minister Christopher Pyne insulted women everywhere proving the dumb will inherit Australia.
