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Yep – Abbott is swimming out past the breakers on a WA beach with a string of chops tied around his ankles.

Malcolm and Julie are waving from the sand, offering their full support and urging him to swim faster

String of chops? – this seems a pretty good approximation.

https://ipa.org.au/publications/2080/be-like-gough-75-radical-ideas-to-transform-australia

Not all of them are bad but the strong flavour of most lingers in the surf.