Today's Crikey points out that, in the latest episode, McLeod's Daughters has become political. In the "real" world the federal government has stopped referring to "WorkChoices", replacing the term with "Workplace relations".
Update 20 May
More about the McLeod's Daughters - Workchoices/Workplace relations links here.
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