Heart Warming Economic Story of the Day

Treasury Secretary Ken Henry is "taking five weeks' leave to work with endangered wombats, it was reported on Friday."

ahhhh

and predictably, the Daily Terror goes nuts.

here

and

here

and the puns just keep coming and coming:

"Instead of working on a first draft of the Government's "root and branch" tax review, Dr Henry will be observing wombats eating roots and branches" decry the editors.

and then poor old Malcolm "moneybags" Turnbull:

"Who will be looking after the muddle-headed Treasurer in Dr Henry's absence?"

Slow news day anyone?

Nooooo!