I don't think Sophie Mirabella deserves cristicism for her reaction to this event - who knows how we'll react when something like that happens?

There are far more relevant reasons to criticise her, many of which were made clear by her comments on the night.

I'd call this a storm in a teacup but that's to attach too much importance to it. Perhaps a drizzle in a thimble gets it about right.

I can understand criticising a politician for
their politics but not for their reaction to
an unfortunate and unexpected incident.

I watched
"Q and A," on Monday evening and saw the incident
unfold and in fairness to Sophie Mirabella -
(loathe her politics) - I think what happened
took some time to register for many of the panelists.
I thought that Simon was acting at first.
Greg Combet's was the first to react quickly.
Even Tony Jones seemed a bit confused.

Much ado about almost nothing.
I watched the qanda programme in its entirity.
When Simon dropped his head onto the desk my immediate thought was this is and quite rightly so his way of showing disbelief at the question and answer being discussed.
Greg Combet appeared to be the first panelist to notice Simon was obviously in trouble, the rest followed suit.
Unfortunately Sophia Mirabella is not liked by Labor supporters, and quite rightly so, her probable reaction was possibly a normal reaction at the quite unusual incident, this was seized upon by her detractors as evidence of her lack of empathy or kindness.
Sophia Mirabella at every opportunity trumpets reiterates Tony Abbots
rhetoric at all possible public occasions, she should be banned from such popular TV shows as completely and utterly unproductive/boring.

Being awoken by Greg Combet would have made me think I'd woken up in the Undertakers office.

I think one of the saddest things to come out of this is that the poor guy's situation has been sidelined. The big thing that happened in the episode was his 'headdesk' incident - not anybody's reaction to it. The reason she has been put in the firing line is that she was nearest. Some see disgust (at an unwell man or at a perceived political stunt), others see confusion. I suspect much of that is in the eye of the beholder rather than the face of the lady herself.