What is the matter with you lot ?
Can't you see that it is all about Craig Thompson ?
There have been reports of late that the police have a good case so far.
They probably cannot go any further yet unless he is cautioned.
If he has to leave parliament there will be a by election and Julia
needed that extra vote.

It is as simple as that, survival !

Is that based on intelligence or fantasy. The coalition rats have sold the labor a camp an alleged criminal. Why did they do nothing about this, if this is a fact.

On this we agree Jay of Melbourne . And Bernardi and Pyne scare the pants off me in their extremism. It's hard to imagine what these people would get up too in Govt.

Don't know 579; just a report on Sky.
Stands to reason though, it could be a just in case move by the govt.
From the govt pov it is a reasonable stunt.

579, about the only thing this government can achieve with any majority, is more pain, more waste and more miss management.

2013 can't come fast enough!

I just hope there something lef to salvage.

Scare campaigners get nowhere, I think a move against abbott is in order. He has failed to put the govt; down, which was his only agenda. Now he is lost, he will have to talk economics, against Julia, which he will not enjoy. He has promises written in blood, which will not go down well with the coalition. There is only one course of action.