Funny Buggers: The Best Lines from Australian Stand-up Comedy

Karl Chandler is a funny bugger and so are his mates. In fact, our local talent has been killing it in clubs and festivals the world over. Lucky for us, these comics have worked around their hectic schedules - setting their alarm clocks for before midday and logging off Twitter - to cough up some of the most pants-wettingly funny stuff you'll read all year.This is a line-up of the hottest comedians around, giving you a front-row seat to their best material. I stopped writing a diary when I read Anne Frank's effort. That genre has been conquered.HANNAH GADSBYTelevision is a very powerful tool. But then again, so is Eddie McGuire.GREG FLEETThrow your hands in the air like you just don't care. Unless you're at an auction.DAVE THORNTONThe other day I got a big pile of money and burned it. Sorry, I mean I joined a gym.CELIA PACQUOLAI like to go to the library, get all the books on feng shui out, and put them back in the wrong section.KARL CHANDLER