Well, he must do. Either that or he is so blissfully un-self-aware that he failed to realise the perfect irony of this sentence:

“Those who run the fear campaign get the first headlines but after a while people sit back and say hang on, that can't be right.”

Ha! How delicious. I kind of want to frame that moment. I have no idea how he kept a straight face.

(For reference, this classic quote appeared on ABC Radio and TV news tonight, the PM speaking in response to the ACTU's campaign against IR reform. Transcript here if you don't believe me. And I can't say I blame you.)