edit on 9/10/2010 by EnlightenUp because: (no reason given)
Meninga gained some unwanted notoriety in 2001, when an attempted political career lasted a mere 28 seconds. Becoming fazed in his first radio interview, he resigned on-air shortly after the broadcast commenced [6]. This incident led to the satirical Chaser team instituting the 'Mal Award' for their The Election Chaser, The Chaser Decides and Yes We Canberra! television shows; presented to politicians "for the greatest act of political suicide during an election campaign".[7] In the episode on 28 November 2007, Mal satirized himself when brought in to present the award but "gave up" mid-speech.
to the N'th degree!