Joe Hockey is the manager of Opposition business. As such, his brief is to organise the flow of legislation with the Government, and to be the Opposition's union rep in question time.

At 42, he is hardly old, but it's fair to say that he has been an adult for some years. Which makes it all the more odd that opposition has caused Mr Hockey to regress to the age of approximately 14.

Much Wailing As Joe Becomes Jonah