'Thank you Nicola Roxon for being brave enough to take this step.'

I don't know about brave. What's brave about it?

Is it really brave to leave your job?

Is Michael Hussey Brave? He left a more important job for the same reasons.

It's not as if someone's going to hurt her.

The bar is pretty low these days for acts of courage. It seems just doing what you want in the face of a tiny bit of criticism is courageous?

Unless Emily's list is a cult and they're going to hunt her down and kill her, I don't reckon it qualifies.

BTW: I never really 'got' the having it all bit. Men have never 'had it all'. It strikes me as pretty self centered for women to believe they deserve to have it all. Somehow they always miss that men who supposedly have a family AND a career never really had much time with their families. Maybe they think men don't really like kids that much and don't care.

Bazz, I'm with you. Though most people can really afford to live under one wage, but they'd have to give something up. I know people who earn half what I do and live quite happily on one income and 2 kids. They even have Foxtel.

Pelican
'What sort of world are we that someone is castigated for wanting to spend more time with their family especially those with young children. And why are we harder on women who make those choices. '

No one that I am aware of castigated Nicola for wanting to spend more time with her child. She however did her best to make free speach illegal showing her true disgusting ideological dogmas. She should be ashamed of that.

'Thank you Nicola Roxon for being brave enough to take this step.'
Pelican,
Yes very brave indeed to run away from the obligations of your stuff-ups & straight into a $100,000+ a year pension. I wonder how much concern she has for those who she stipulated to be on $400 a fortnight.
Maybe we could spend another million for building a statue of her to remind pensioners where their tax dollars have gone.

Think Pelican you have bought out the worst in some.
Or is it their normal.
We all know I think Labor is gone, but.
Yes but, by election time, carbon reduction/climate change may be a player.
If Abbotts plan is seen for what it is, one that will not work, we may see it play a roll.
IF Abbott releases his true intentions, to cut the middle and lower incomes benefits raise the rest, that too may play a roll.
One thing we can bank on, some praising him today will do the opposite within months of any victory.

If Abbotts plan is seen for what it is, one that will not work,
Belly,
Abbott could possibly guarantee that things will work if the Unions can guarantee that that they'll reign in their outrageous demands every time a Coalition Government gets elected due to years of Union-backed Labor Government mismanaging. It really is just the wheel going round'n round. The big difference being that the Coalition's wheel is powered by reasonable common sense whereas the Labor wheel is powered by dead academic hamsters.

The puzzling part about this is that Julia said that NR informed her twelve moths ago that she would resign in the not too distant future.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but why would anyone promote someone to that very highly respected role, knowing they were on the way out.

Nor should the recipient accept the promotion, knowing they were pulling the pin.

It's my understanding that The promotion occurred about twelve months ago.