Ladies and gentlemen, a disturbed nation brings you this month's madman awards.
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The March awards are sponsored by Hate-speak Australia, and the first nominee is (hear the sound of an envelope being torn open, and then a drum roll), Fraser Anning!
Anning has been in outstanding form this month, taking the old "blame the victim" routine to a whole new level (Ride of the Valkyrie plays in the background as a large video of Anning forms a backdrop on the stage. He is being egged by a teenager).
Please, save your applause until the end.
Obviously difficult to go past Anning this month, but a few Aussie blokes gave it a red hot try.
And the second nominee is ... another drum roll... every moron who trolled the brilliant photo of women's Aussie Rules star Tayla Harris.
Okay fellas, bit of a problem here because there are so many of you we can't really split the prize up, so only those with an IQ above sub-human can collect.
What! No candidates?
Nominee three... drum roll.. One Nation star Mark Latham for his election promise to introduce DNA testing for those claiming to be Indigenous people in order to stop social welfare "rorting".
Apparently the tattooed registration numbers popularised in Auschwitz are too easily removed these days.
And, while we are here, a special mention to Alan Jones for contributing $10,000 to Mark Latham's campaign.
Did I mention that the Madman of the Month winner receives a copy of the cookbook Alan and Mark wrote together. Don't burn it.
By the way, Michael Daley's attempt to get a nomination ("our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs") was not accepted because he didn't say it during the month of March. For the same reason Tony Abbott's ("Islamophobia has never killed anyone") didn't earn him a shot at the title.
And the winner is ... not Australia. No applause.
Simon Bourke is an ACM journalist