You know it’s sitting week in Canberra when…
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We’ve celebrated New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year. But Canberrans know the year is really in swing when the Federal pollies arrive.
From traffic jams to motorcades and private dining rooms, sitting week affects Canberrans in many unique ways. Without further ado, you know it’s sitting week in Canberra when…
You can’t swing an Aperol Spritz in Public Manuka without hitting eight advisors, three press gallery journalists, two MPs and approximately 320 lobbyists
There’s a reason people call it the dry cleaners*.
You can’t park in Dickson because a motorcade is blocking Woolley Street
An important diplomat craving a bowl of steaming pho from Pho Phu Quoc? An MP hankering for some Dickson Asian Noodle House Combination Laksa? A senator’s need for a late-night scoop of Nutella gelato from Spilt Milk? We’ll never know.
You have to adjust your morning routine to drive over Lake Burley Griffin because every bridge is gridlocked after 7.30 am
Get those podcasts queued. Or set your alarm to 6 am.
Your Tinder is filled with ‘Just here for the week’, vague allusions to working at The House and ‘I can’t show my face because of work’
We get it. You’re important.
There’s an upswell of protests on any corner someone important might drive past
Toot toot. Beep beep.
The private dining rooms of Canberra become a world unto their own
Does anyone even book these outside of sitting weeks? Asking for a friend.
*Because of the suits
