‘I am by nature a Liberal voter in Australia, since I believe that while we must look after those whose life circumstances make it difficult for them to do so themselves, we should avoid mollycoddling.’

Well, you’ve shot yourself in the foot there. The Liberal Party is the mollycoddler’s party par excellence. It believes in forcing the taxpayer to fork out billions in benefits to people who are bone idle, who believe in something for nothing, who have a strong sense of their own entitlement.

If you are upper middle class or higher, went to a private school, follow a luxurious lifestyle, have a healthy investment portfolio, own lots of real estate and/or run a corporation, then there is no end to the taxpayer benefits you can collect. And you don’t even need to queue up at the local Centrelink office. They come to you.

‘Oh and by the way, none of it is the fault of Rupert Murdoch ...’

And speaking of mollycoddling …

Alan: ‘Thoughtful piece. Thanks, Richard./ Excellent, in fact.’

You were being ironic, I hope.

What a boring piece of selfish dribble. 3 out of 10

'enrich the wealthy and punish the poor' ethos?
David G,
surely you could come up with something more intelligent than that ? I thought your Labor was so brilliant that there couldn't possibly any poor in Australia.
I only hope that if the Coalition gets in they'll rid us of Labor's Peter Principle appointees. They're the ones taking most of our tax Dollars.