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Well, it can't be any worse than past 5 years now can it ? I rather favour an unproven realist that a confirmed dreamer.

Dominic Kelly touched on the reason at the heart of the Twitter excitement. It was the rarity of any interviewer challenging Tony Abbott's misrepresentations. Leigh Sales struck a blow for democracy when she made a genuine attempt to stop her viewers from being misinformed. The hope of many, I'm sure, is that more of Ms Sales peers will also strive to help voters learn what's behind the slogans that too many members of the media have been happy to accept in lieu of policy debate for two years.

I saw that interview, and in my view, Leigh Sales pursued a very hostile line of questioning that we don't see when she is interviewing politicians on the other side.

She would be well advised to take a leaf out of Chris Uhlmann's book. Chris comes across as tough by fair in all his interviews. He is far the most professional of the ABC team.

Sales got hostile when it came obvious Mr Abbott was giving answers that did not gel with the company's statement. Mr Abbott had a barrow to push and that was his objective. By doing so made a fool of himself as being ill-informed, and uncooperative.

I haven't seen that interview but from what I have seen of Ms Sales thus far I can confidently say she's not a good interviewer. She is definitely biased in favour of the left. That is purely as a result of academic overdosing whilst neglecting/shunning reality.

Indi Sales is far to good for Mr Abbott, as he came out of there looking like a practicing fool.
He did not read the statement, yet in parliament he said he did read the statement. Mr Abbott is now going to have to clarify his answers to parliament again.
Maybe he had the Golden Years on his mind, work choices, put a couple of % points on the dole. Every-body has a hero.