Election of laughs: 'Dabbing' Liberal, Halal Snack Pack, sausage democracy among quirkiest moments

Voters grabbed a democracy snag and voted for who they think should govern the country, but instead Australians have been left hanging again.

Still, we can't help but laugh at the result and some of the quirkier moments of Election Day 2016 as both major parties wait for that magic number - 76 lower house seats needed to form government.

One of the quirkiest moments from the election was a young Liberal supporter who stole the show during 7 News' live coverage of the 2016 Federal Election.

The young Lib was caught "dabbing" behind a Reid MP Craig Laundy candidate on Saturday night.

The enthusiastic teen's hysterical outburst was prompted when the MP was declared to retain his western Sydney seat.

The 'dabbing Liberal' is believed to be a friend of MP Craig Lundy's son. Photo: 7 News
The 'dabbing Liberal' is believed to be a friend of MP Craig Lundy's son. Photo: 7 News

In the video, the young man begins cheering, fist-pumping and dancing before simultaneously dropping his head into his elbow and throwing out both arms in the same direction.

The young man is has been dubbed the "dabbing Liberal" and is believed to be a friend of Laundy's son, Charlie Laundy, Mail Online reports.

According to Urban Dictionary, "dabbing" originated from the Atlanta hip-hop scene and involves a dancer simultaneously dropping their head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture resembling sneezing.

Another quirky moment was captured during 7 News' live election coverage when One Nation leader Pauline Hanson had an awkward encounter with a Labor senator.

After it was announced Ms Hanson had won a Senate seat, enemies bestowed their congratulations on Ms Hanson who graciously accepted them.

Well, that was until Senator Sam Dastyari made a peace offering to Ms Hanson with one her pet peeves, a Halal Snack Pack.

A grinning Sam Dastyari offers Pauline Hanson a Halal Snack Pack live on air. Photo: 7 News
A grinning Sam Dastyari offers Pauline Hanson a Halal Snack Pack live on air. Photo: 7 News


“It does look like you’ll be joining us in the Senate. It’s an amazingly interesting place, and I’m sure you’ll make it more interesting,” Mr Dastyari said.

“And, Pauline, right now I will invite you to join me in Sydney, and I will take you out for halal snack pack out in Western Sydney, whenever you want.”

Waving a finger in the air, Ms Hanson was not amused and smacked down the offer saying: “It’s not happening, not interested in halal, thank you."

“I’m not interested in it. I don’t believe in halal certification,” she said, claiming “98 per cent of Australians” are opposed it.

'Tastes like democracy': Bill Shorten's awkward sausages sizzle moment

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Adding the election's game of laughs is Bill Shorten's awkward sauseage sizzle moment.

Shorten raised a few eyebrows when he bit into his sausage sandwich in the middle of the bun after making a last minute blitz to western Sydney.

"Tastes like democracy," he said outside Strathfield North Public School.

Terry Masson was told he should've titled his sandwich the 'Double Dissolution' sanga. Photo: Twitter/Tilaurin
Terry Masson was told he should've titled his sandwich the 'Double Dissolution' sanga. Photo: Twitter/Tilaurin

Shorten encouraged the media to indulge in a while there as they "need to keep your energy up".

Invigorated by the snag and bun, Shorten brought out his campaign refrain - that this election is a choice on the future of public health.

'Suck on that Kerry O'Brien: Leigh Sales' bizarre sign-off

On Saturday night, presenter Leigh Sales led her first election panel on the ABC.

Leigh Sales gets
Leigh Sales gets

After seven and a half hours of live broadcasting, which saw no result, Sales capped off the coverage with a peculiar sign-off.

“We’ve broken the record. Suck on that, Kerry O’Brien,” Sales said.

“That’s how loose you get at 1am.”

Jones clashes with James McGrath as blame game begins



Some on-air name-calling started with Alan Jones' heated line of questioning.

“There were a lot of bed wetter in the Liberal party, and you seem to be the captain of the bed wetters, you were the person who got panicked by polls and repeated the Labor experiment within the Liberal party on the basis that to use the Kevin Rudd language ‘You’re going to save the furniture’.

“The reality is that in 2010 Abbott won seven seats from Labor and in 2013 he won 18, in two elections he won 25 seats now I’m a former life coach and I go on a bit of form, the Liberal party out there will be very distressed about what happened how do you react to that?”

Senator James McGrath angrily responded: “I think we’ve fallen into the trap of thinking that Allan Jones is a friend of the Liberal National Party.

“In Queensland he actively campaigned for Labor to win the last state election so Allan I actually don’t care what you think, because you’re not a friend of conservatives, you’re not a friend of the Liberal National party and I think you’re the king of the bed wetters actually.

“Let me explain about the Queensland thing,” Jones responded.

“You did so!” McGrath yelled.

He then continued, “You campaigned for the Labor party, you actively campaigned against the re-election of the Campbell Newman Government, you went as far as to call Deb Frecklington the member for Nanango a prostitute!”

“You are actually a grub!” McGrath continued to scream.