Morrison and co are kneecapping my generation's future. And laughing about it | Alex McKinnon

A small opportunity to avoid a frightening world has been tossed away by this government and the lobbyists and financiers that they answer to

Speaking in parliament on Thursday, treasurer Scott Morrison held aloft a large lump of coal and made the funniest joke he'll ever think of in his life.

"Mr Speaker, this is coal. Don't be afraid! Don't be scared! It won't hurt you." Morrison yelled at the opposition as his colleagues jeered and hooted behind him. It was a comedic performance on-par with the guy at an open-mic night who opens with a joke about women shopping, but the people in charge of running the world's twelfth-largest economy couldn't get enough.