War has not broken out. Nobody's going to the United Nations. Canberrans have been too chilled to rise to a cheap jibe from a man known as "Giggles" in his own state.
Diplomatic relations remain after the sneer from the Queensland premier that "Canberra is an awful place".
"The ACT has a good relationship with all the other states and territory governments across the country," the ACT's attorney-general said diplomatically on the ABC.