Foxy, "As for Bob Carr? He was never "my" foreign minister. I had no say in his appointment - neither do I agree with his views on many issues, certainly not on the treatment of asylum seekers"

In saying that you show lack of any real empathy for asylum seekers and particularly for the children who are put on boats operated by criminal gangs by relatives who gamble the children's lives to realise their own economic aspirations, which for many is apparently a life sponsored by Wonderful Centrelink'.

In sledging Carr to get at your target 'Tone'(?!), you conveniently forget too that Bob Carr was supported by the then PM Julia Whatshername and her Labor government.

SPQR surely you jest?
NO balanced commentator in defense of truth could excuse your self and SM then charge the Lady,s with your crime.

Question time and the first subject was yes spying.
Bill Shorten, not quite looking his best, was statesman like.
Abbott? well bought back memory's of Brendon Nelsons dreadful address in reply to Rudd,s sorry speech.
Telling? the eye contact the leader of Abbott,s red necks,the Nationals made with Abbott.
Unspoken? maybe but my reading was you are no match for him mate.

Dear SPQR,

Poirot and I are not "digging dirt," we're
simply responding with facts. As for your
calling us "headless chickens?"

Haven't you read about the headless chicken that
lived for a year and a half after being decapitated?
The chicken not just survived but went on living and
became famous. The chicken earned tremendous fame and
fortune after decapitation. It became an institution in
Colorado where every 3rd weeked of May people celebrate
the annual "Headless Chicken Day."

So you see there are some creatures who have the ability
to not only survive under extreme duress - but they
thrive on it. The motto here is - never give up.
Everyone has obstacles to overcome. They are our
greatest teachers.

Foxy,

Don't take metaphors too literally.

There were about 10m voters, and a handful of left whingers indignantly writing to a newspaper does not represent anything more than a handful of left whingers.

And Carr is as left whinge an FM as you are likely to get. Your new FM is Julie Bishop.

Dear Shadow Minister,

As you know you can fool some of the people some
of the time, but not all of the people all of
the time, and in attempting to gag Australia
the current government will soon realize that
voters will eventually demand answers, and then it
shall be interesting to see whether the support
for this government will drop or not. Not all voters
place a low priority on transparency and accountability
of government. As it is the current government
didn't sweep into power with the massive stats
that were initially predicted and although they did
well - they will be and must be held to account.

As for Julie Bishop? Her achievements are yet to be
made. She hasn't been in the seat long enough to warm it.
Hopefully she will do a better job than Mr Carr.

Foxy,

While a few voters (generally left whingers that want the coalition not to stop the boats) want a running commentary, the reality is that most voters don't want talking heads, they want results.

Many voters were fooled by the talking heads of Dudd and Juliar, but as you say, they have wised up to Labor's complete failure to deliver.