ROOTnest Island...

Brace yourself readers - this one comes right out of left, or at least West, field. West Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell says there is "absolutely no substance" to reports he once did something inappropriate to a quokka.

In his defence, the politician who has previously been outed as a chair-sniffer and bra-strap flicker, said,

"I'm not aware that I've caused any offence to a quokka."

Priceless.

Is anyone else disturbed by the specificity of the denial? It seems to leave open the possibility that other species may have been assaulted in the past...

I think touching the quokka should now become a euphemism for doing something a little wrong and dirty.