Dr Mumbo

He’s won a Walkley, now Christopher Pyne wants an Oscar

Last Thursday night saw Sky News presenter David Speers take out the Walkley in the interview category for his questioning of Christopher Pyne in the infamous ‘fixer’ interview..

Back in March the video of Pyne declaring he had “fixed it”, referring to $150m in funding for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, was rather unkindly compared to a Clarke and Dawe parody script.

Speersy and Christopher “the fixer” Pyne were back in the studio yesterday to talk about the national innovation strategy, leading to this hilarious exchange before it:

About to talk to ‘The Fixer’ Christopher Pyne about the innovation statement… Thought I’d congratulate him on our Walkleys win!

Posted by David Speers on Sunday, 6 December 2015

Pyne closes the skit with the line: “I’m very excited, I always wanted a Walkley, now I want an Academy Award.”

Dr Mumbo can barely begin to imagine what Pyne will do to get his Academy Award…

And for those who want to relive the magic of the original “fixer” interview here it is again:

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