Point taken ,but what about Iguana Gate and Belinda Neal/Della Boska fiasco? "Don't you know who we are?" Reap what you sew.

NSW Govt is in the death throes of ethical debauchery.The really big concern is that; Do they refect the general values of the electorate at large?

Banjo that mate is weak, tell me who from the other side of politics has started so many threads,to flog their own team.
Power without glory, and my latest kicking NSW a basket case speak for my balance.
Note I do not speak for Belinda Neil, But Dela is as I said, he fought like a tiger to protect NSW from work cover.
Many who now him would say his love and defense of his wife has got him in more than his fair share of trouble.
Love CJM, quote yes TPP trust me he is your member and lost to us now.
While people like Joe Tripoly continue to be anchors to my party media intent on gut kicking has taken a better man.
Ask your selves true , do you know anyone who had extra marital affairs?
And how blind to think some one who is in show business did not prosper because she did not get the cash up front.
Publicity is cash to such.
No other way around this a woman intent on falling in love mostly would be far better of with a younger man, old blokes usually do not set the bed sheets on fire do they.
But they think they can, and see the offer not the truth.
I will get a bashing for this but Dela deserves better I can understand him looking into other paddocks, best leave that alone.
If you knew the man, if you took time to know his achievements, you may understand why Banjos views of my biases are so very wrong.
In a Parliament bound for the reverse of Glory we have thrown out the only true leader and those trampling him are lessor men, in the house, media, and just maybe have done the same them selves.

I find myself in a bit of a conundrum.

On one side I feel that Della Bosca got his just deserts, but on the other hand I feel that the prudery of the Australian public takes this just too far.

The Australian public is prepared to overlook the vast arrogance and abuse of position in the Iguana gate affair, but he has to resign over a personal matter.

As for Kate, either she is really thick, or naive, first dating a married man old enough to be her father, and then expecting him to sacrifice his career and family. But the act that puts her in the same league as pimps and hookers, is that after her blackmail failed, she then broadcast her affair deliberately to destroy his career and family that he chose over her.

Shadow Minister,

Almost all of you post is political motivated pap.
"I feel that the prudery of the Australian public takes this just too far." Australian prudery? What a shallow, sweeping,assessment of the public. I would suggest you watch TV with a critical mind and the ever escalating supply of sensation. Then consider how the most salacious have the biggest audience.

It was the media that wrote the story not the public....heaven forbid that capitalist concern(s) could have gone too far in search of ratings ultimately profit! In truth the article could have been handled far more sensibly, add to that they chose to RUN her emotive lashing out.

The most offensive part of your post is the slagging off of Kate. Naive, immature she may be, even a little vindictive at realizing she's been duped (Hello, one is a function of the other). However IMO the rest of your assessment is lower than an hemorrhoidal snail's anus.

An argument could be mounted that he abused his power etc. I would like 10c for every powerful exec who has used his position, promising to leave wife etc to wow a naive young female for his carnal dalliances.

However we don't KNOW what was in DB's mind. At best it's supposition based(? sic) on prejudice and incomplete facts delivered by a source whose accuracy, integrity and motives are highly suspect. One wonders what ever happened to the justice precept of 'innocent until PROVEN guilty'.

PS I don't give a toss which party he belongs too it's a personal issue. Liberal commentators on Q&A Last night proved beyond by linking it to the NSW govt (in toto) proved that there is no bottom to which parties will sink seeking petty power.

Erratum,
The PS should have said I don't give a toss which party he belongs too it's a personal issue involving a fallible individuals. His by virtue of his position should face the greater opprobrium. But not to this level.

Liberal commentators on Q&A Last night proved beyond doubt, by linking the issue to the NSW govt (in toto), that there is no bottom to which parties will sink seeking petty power.

Belly,
My views on this matter are not party motivated. I hold all parties and politicians in equal disdain. Frankly, I thank our federal constitution for stopping the possible excesses of politicians over the years.

We allow politicians generally not to be accountable for their promises and actions. Take 'No child shall live in poverty' or 'there will never,never be a GST'

Occasionally one gets caught out. I recall one Fed member who was outed because he cheated on his car allowance for a small amount. John Sharpe, I think it was, and another scandal about a TV set being brought in by a Minister. Funny that they consider 'misleading parliament' far more serious than lieing to people.

I recall the efforts by Abbott to find dirt on Pauline Hanson, because she was a threat to them, and still suspect collusion between him and the Beastie government to have her jailed. Yet since acquittal she has not received any compensation nor return of the $500,000 she paid back, to save them selling her home.

So much for the ethics of politicians. Am sure if one dug deep far more could be exposed.

In this case this politician has been shown to be a liar and a cheat so must go. We should up the standard for ethics.