Courteney Hocking
- Bio: Courteney Hocking is the co-founder of Political Asylum & has been making a name for herself as a comedy gun for hire, co-hosting shows on Fox FM with Lawrence Leung & Andrew McClelland, on Triple R with Daniel Kitson & as a writer for Good News Week (Network Ten), The Age & Crikey. She has performed stand up for Amnesty International, sketch comedy as a member of the Anarchist Guild Social Committee & won "Best Political Show" at Trades Hall for her solo show "Mixing Pop & Politics" in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The Age called "whip smart... shrewd & funny."
Featured, The Pun 2011 Articles »
Our resident comedic columnist Courteney Hocking reports on all things ridiculously real in the non-festival world.
The Pun 2011 Articles »
As part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, many comedians will refer to more than just the ridiculous to give you the LOLs, and that’s why I’m here. As part of The Pun’s coverage of the 2011 MICF, I’ve been assigned as your trusty (that means “user of truthiness”) reporter on the world at large.
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This year’s festival has started off on a joyous note: we’re winning the War On Terror. David Hicks has confessed to providing material support for terrorism. The bleeding-heart pinkos no longer have a leg to stand on with their bleating about his unfair treatment. Some went so far as to call it un-Australian, which is patently untrue. The Americans did him the honour of giving him a kangaroo court. Besides, sending a possible criminal to an empty, violent island on the other side of the world and leaving him there …
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