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Celebrities Social The Darnedest Things

A few events of note went down this week — AJ Maddah and co. announced the much-anticipated Soundwave line-up, Thursday was National Cat Day (this needs to go on all year, just saying) and last night, revellers were stoked that Halloween fell on a Saturday this year. Tony Abbott… well, he's always a catastrophic to talk about now, isn't he? This week, he was on everyone's lips for his questionable Margaret Thatcher speech.

tony abbott

What can we say? The man continues to be a human joke goldmine.

aj maddah

Maddah can be foul-mouthed, hilarious and unbelievably honest at the best and worst of times.

national cat day

Taylor Swift ain't kitten.

halloween

Why does America sell all the good costumes? To make up for it, we put together a guide to creating your own cheap Aussie musician costume.