Lol! - SM,

"Pot, Kettle. At least the coalition has achieved more in 10 months than Labor did in 6 years."

Well yes...but perhaps mayhem and laughter weren't exactly what the electorate had in mind.

(found my popcorn:)

Dear Shadow Minister,

Shame on you!

G'day there FOYLE...

I agree with much of what you've said, when you state that all sides of politics have their collective snouts in the trough. What I do find curious though, I'm sure some (perhaps many) people enter parliament with the firm intent of serving their electorate, and the country in toto.

Then over time a strange transformation or metamorphoses seems to occur and even the most ethical, most principled politician ends up in the gutter with his/her many cohorts, clawing away as much of the public's munificence, as can be managed.

Over my thirty two years as a copper, I've locked up better, more principled, even more ethical crooks, then many of those slugs who laughingly call themselves politicians.

Dear O Sung Wu,

According to Peter Coleman - whatever they may say, most
politicians do not go into Parliament to bring about
particular reforms; they go in because they find the
life irresistible. They want to be in it all their lives.

They enjoy its exhilarating highs and take its miserable
(and tedious) lows in their stride. They face long years
in the wilderness with equanimity. They take fro granted the
slander of fools. They also believe that the voters will
get it right in the end. Their day will come. They are
politicians in the way others are poets. They simply can't
help themselves.

Coleman tells us that Peter Costello (his son-in-law) was
not like that. To Peter Costello all that stuff (according
to Coleman) is the excuse of the seat-warmer, the hack, the
careerist, or at best the adventurer.

Coleman states that
Costello belonged to a different parliamentary tradition.
That Costello did go into Parliament to make a difference.

I wonder how many of today's politicians can genuinely
and honestly make that claim - and have it be true?

Here we go...

"Taxpayers have forked out close to $330,000, including $800 for a door knob, for a border protection media briefing room that hasn't been used since its completion 10 months ago.

Construction and fit-out costs for the high-tech theatrette totalled almost $235,000 while the annual cost of having it on stand-by is running at about $100,000.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/government-pays-330000-for-a-room-it-doesnt-use-20140729-zy16r.html#ixzz38pqkPw9r

SM - don't hold up Idiot Boy and his Tin Pot Govt as something to behold....they are a joke - and one in very poor taste.

Dear Poirot,

The current polls should tell Shadowm Minister
what Australian voters are really feeling about
the current political situation.

Shadow Minister is grabbing at sraws with threads
like this one. And being extremely one-eyed.
As I stated earlier - "Shame on Him!"