A mate of mine works at the markets in Sydney and some years ago he hitched a lift to Brisbane with a truck driver. About an hour out of Sydney the driver pulled over into a rest stop, took out his log book (containing dodgy entries, of course), placed it on his lap, and on its surface cut up two gigantic lines of speed with his driver’s license. He snorted one straight down and offered the other one to my mate, who respectfully declined. “No worries,” said the driver. “More for me.” And with that he injected the second line straight up his other nostril.

In other news, Brendan Nelson is planning an overnight trip in a truck from Sydney to Brisbane for research purposes.

WOOLEY: …The trucking industry – have you been following the extraordinary heat that’s been generated in this industry? And they’re now talking about a stoppage in just about five days time.

DR NELSON: Look I have, and one of the things that I’m in the processing (sic) of arranging is to do an overnight trip with one of the drivers from Sydney to Brisbane or… You ask about how you keep informed. In my view that’s one of the best ways to keep informed about things.

So the big question is: will Brendan accept or decline?