Well now I've been educated. But I probably learned something other than the intended lesson.

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77. No, it's not...

I've heard bogans use it in a way used in the example I'm going to post (pre-emptive note to jury - I'm not going to replace letters with asterisks when I'm copying and pasting from an article written by someone explaining how the word gets used here).

Cunt - noun - ka-hnt

Just relax, okay. Take a breath. In Australia, ‘Cunt’ (pronounced ‘cunt’ as in ‘bunt’) has many connotations - most of which are actually positive. For example:
If a friend of mine were to be exceptional at motor sports or a nice person in general he would henceforth be referred to as a “Sick-Cunt.” (pronounced ‘sick’ as in ‘lick’ and ‘cunt’ as in ‘bunt.’)
And no, Cunt does not end there! This once frowned upon ‘curse word’ has been embraced by the Australian people as the suffix to end-all-suffixes. Play around with it and try it for yourself.
Likely conversations include:

“Hey man, you going to Liz’s party?”
“Nah-Cunt.”

Translated:

“Hello friend, are you going to Elizabeth’s party?”
“No thankyou, Sir.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/outrageous-words-that-are-said-every-day-in-australia

It's a profanity, and the way Christopher Pyne used it was as an insult and in exactly the same way as if he'd called Bill Shorten a fuckwit. But it's not a gender-slur here and not used like that.

btw, I found a long but interesting article on the use of the word here that some DUers might find interesting

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/do-you-c-what-i-c/147/