North Melbourne's traditional AFL Grand Final Breakfast has claimed another set of high-profile victims.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Victoria's Acting Premier Jacinta Allan were among those in the line of satirical fire.

The breakfast, a sell-out again in its 51st year, always introduces dignitaries to the function with an appropriately satirical musical take on their reputation or year that was.

Turnbull trudged out to triple Hawthorn premiership coach John Kennedy Snr's famous "Do something" line as part of his 1975 Grand Final speech.

He later copped a lighthearted roast from AFL chief executive Gill McLachlan on how the same-sex marriage postal survey made the Match Review Panel look like "one of the most efficient systems in the world".

McLachlan, for interest's sake, walked the blue carpet with League chairman Richard Goyder as the Game of Thrones theme blared above after another season of external – and internal – challenges.

North president Ben Buckley also welcomed Turnbull as the AFL's "Grandfather of the Year", in reference to the ridiculously debated issue of him holding a beer at a game while cradling his granddaughter.

Turnbull said he was just "multi-tasking".

Event MC Craig Willis even suggested Allan, Victoria's Public Transport Minister, was "thrown under the bus" by absent Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Allan's song? Buses and Trains, naturally enough.

But ultimately this was a footy function, not political ping-pong. Adelaide's AFLW superstar Erin Phillips won Sports Personality of the Year and retired Saint and Roo Nick Dal Santo received the media equivalent.

And Hawthorn recruit Ty Vickery was the butt of jokes, not once but twice.

Comedian Peter Helliar told a twisted tale of two mates who had a bet on which of Vickery or Pie Chris Mayne would finish with more goals in season 2017. For the record, they kicked two each across a combined nine AFL matches.

Vickery was topical again when four comics debated whether it was time to introduce red cards in Australian football.

Michael Chamberlin, in the affirmative, thought the system might be effectively utilised on the Hawks recruiter that thought Vickery was a good idea.

But the negative team won, with Titus O'Reilly successfully arguing a red card would lead to all sorts of alternatives – such as the 'Get out of jail free' one that Richmond captain Trent Cotchin already used this week.

The last word goes to Helliar, who is tipping the Tigers to win their first flag since 1980.

"But don't worry, Crows fans," Helliar said. "There will be plenty of empty bottles to take home to Adelaide."