I wonder how that differs from other years. Perhaps they just turn it up a notch when we're on a long path to the polls sort of like bickering children that start getting louder when they want their parents to notice them.

Unfortunately you can't tune them out forever. Eventually you have to stop what you're doing and take notice of the ruckus, listen to their heated explanations and decide which one really belongs in the naughty corner.

It's so hard making a sensible grown-up choice at election time.

If only they'd stop jumping up and down about every little thing and distracting us.

Take Julia Gillard's tanty recent about Tony Abbott's Women's Weekly article.

Here's a bloke with three hot daughters (seriously, they're like The McClymonts of political offspring), who said he'd like them to regard their virginity as a gift.

Well, duh! What did she expect their dad would say? Hand out condoms and encourage them to shag the football team? (You're right of course. Can't encourage the kids to think before they have sex. How very prehistoric).

Then she suggested he had no place doing a fluffy personal piece, because we only need to hear from our national pollies on the important stuff like jobs and climate change. If only.

What about that ``Inside the Rudd marriage'' spread Women's Weekly did in September, hmmm? Or Labor politicians popping up on reality TV shows last year (C'mon Jules, Are you smarter than a fifth grader then?)

Just when I was starting to think only the Libs do a good line in diatribe, Brandis wades in for the Libs and opens his mouth to change feet. Suggest Julia can't understand because she's intentionally childless: that'll go down a treat.

I only hope the election is called really late in the year. Maybe if there's a bit of shoosh from the kids we'll have time to look at the policies.