The Australian states are at war -- specifically Victoria and New South Wales, specifically their leaders, specifically on Twitter.
Bringing the old state rivalry to the boil again, the Premier of New South Wales Mike Baird has trolled the Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews on the social media platform. The capitals of the two states, Sydney and Melbourne, have long been at war over the landscape, culture and the coffee.
What started as an innocent plug for Victoria's new logo -- with the tagline "Best of everything" -- ended in a very public smackdown by Baird. The quick-witted politician added an asterisk to the logo, and a footnote: "*offer excludes harbour, infrastructure and sunshine."
Snap.
*offer excludes harbour, infrastructure and sunshine pic.twitter.com/kj8S5qrP9D— Mike Baird (@mikebairdMP) August 12, 2015
Not to be outdone by his harbour-city rival, Andrews fought back, with the oldie but goodie "better coffee" line. At least he didn't throw in the laneways, that would have been game over.
.@mikebairdMP You're just grumpy because you haven't had a decent coffee since you were last in Melbourne! But thanks for the free coverage.— Daniel Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) August 12, 2015
As tensions heated and potshots were thrown, Australia's Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr came to the rescue. He told the guys to put down their weapons and just move to Canberra. He even added in the hashtag #CBR for cute bonus points. Problem solved. Parliament is waiting.
Happy to settle this one @DanielAndrewsMP @mikebairdMP -both great cities but the best place to live is Canberra http://t.co/JqsBv1oj0F#CBR— Andrew Barr (@ABarrMLA) August 12, 2015
And so is this guy. He knows how to end a debate by eating an onion.
PM Tony Abbott sure loves onions. Here he is chowing down in 2011. pic.twitter.com/0YeXBWCOgr— Alice Workman (@workmanalice) August 12, 2015