A few weeks ago on a very busy Thursday afternoon in CBR we left the crowded QP and joined the long line (which had doubled around) for QF958 to BNE. There were problems with the gate display units, so it wasn't clear at which gate the BNE flight was leaving from. Anyway, Ian Macfarlane MP (Minister for Industry now I think) came out of the CL and said to someone at the front of the line, in his loud and 'unique' voice, "is this the Brisbane line?".
I was adjacent to him at the end of the line (remember, it had doubled around) and politely asked: "Minister, you wouldn't be jumping the queue would you? Particularly in an election year!" "Of course not", was his reply as he stepped into line behind me. We had a bit of a chat and after we boarded our 737 he stopped to sit in row 2. I said "Minister, I'm sitting back in row 24. Are you interested in trading seats for a vote?". "We're not that desperate" he replied.