Story by Justin Satire.


Vintage Aussie hard rock group ACDC today launched a $1.7 billion dollar law suit against Team Beattie and the Queensland Government, for multiple breaches of copyright.
Lawyers for the band said that the evidence was clear - all of the government’s policies over the last several years were obvious rip-offs of the band’s No. 1 hits, and a blatant breach of the band’s intellectual property rights.

“I mean, where do you start?”, said the band’s chief spokeperson. “You’ve got the Health crisis and the Dr Death scandal - that’s just If you wan’t blood you’ve got it, with maybe a bit of Hell’s Bells. Then the Energex debacle: High Voltage and Live Wire. And the problems with law enforcement and prisons: Jailbreak.”

“Of course, let’s not forget the water crisis and the Traveston Crossing and Wyaralong dams - Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap. And the lies about the corresponding geological reports: Hard as Rock.”

“If that was all, you might be able to argue that it was just a co-incidence. But what about the transport problems like the M1 and the Ipswich Motorway and the Riverside Expressway - I mean who can’t see the direct link to Highway to Hell? Then there’s the Merri Rose scandal - clearly lifted straight from Whole Lotta Rosie and Sink the Pink.”

“Gordon Nuttall obviously got his inspiration directly from Money Talk, and now we see Anna Bligh covering for the Premier’s failings while being groomed to take over his job: Who Made Who. and Long way to the top”.

“Frankly, I’m just Thunderstruck” the spokesman said. “Our accountant’s have valued the copyright infringements at $700 million, but luckily [you’re not recording this are you?] we ‘know someone’ in the CMC and expect to be able to get more than double - probably around $1.7 billion. We know they’ve got the cash, and ain’t too good at math”.

Asked why they have waited so long before taking action, band members said they expected the Premier to get so drunk with power that he choked to death on his own rhetoric. “But now it’s going to have a serious impact on the band’s new album ‘Crisis Management’ and the planned singles such as Keep ‘em Coming and Well, you voted”