Dear Toni,

Well said!

Toni,

As Barnaby was not campaigning for a No vote, nor did he vote against SSM, the media discrimination based on his beliefs is extremely tenuous, especially since Shorten has hypocrisy in spades campaigning for one side of issues then the opposite purely dependent on political expedience.

Foxy,

It is good to see that your hypocrisy is still strong.

Dear Shadow Minister,

My hypocrisy still strong?

Checkmate!

Gotta laugh!

Your self-righteousness always screams judgements against
others who are not of your particular political ilk -
simply to protect and hide the noise of the skeletons
dancing in your own closets - now that's real hypocrisy!

We're all talking about other people's personal lives here and
you are also part of this conversation - and bringing up Bill
Shorten's infidelity to somehow demean him. Which was totally
unnecessary. We all know what a shapeshifter the man happens
to be.

However, hopefully Barnaby will learn something from this
experience - that if you wear a mask for too long, there
will come a time when you can't remove it without removing
your face.

cont'd ...

BTW - Shadow Minister, how much longer are you going
to keep hiding in the shadows?

Foxy,

So because Shorten is a slimy weasel he gets a free pass?

And this?

Italy and Spain were the favoured destinations of Tony Burke when he embarked on a ministerial travel extravaganza that included first-class flights with senior staffer Skye Laris, who is now his partner.

Mr Burke’s expense claims show that in 2008-09 he racked up $225,000 in overseas travel costs. The Australian understands he was accompanied on most of these trips by Ms Laris.

"In January 2009, Mr Burke travelled with Ms Laris in his role as agriculture minister to attend a forum in Barcelona known as “Food Security for All”. Both travelled first-class along with two departmental officials with Mr Burke’s expenses for the six-day trip totalling $48,951. Shortly afterwards, Mr Burke promoted Ms Laris from adviser to chief of staff and stipulated that she accompany him on all of his domestic and overseas trips.

Mr Burke separated from his wife, Cathy Bresnan-Burke, in 2012. His relationship with Ms Laris became public two years later."

//campaigning for one side of issues then the opposite purely dependent on political expedience.//

Well, yeah... he's a politician. It's what they do.

//And this?

Italy and Spain were the favoured destinations of Tony Burke when he embarked on a ministerial travel extravaganza that included first-class flights with senior staffer Skye Laris, who is now his partner.//

Good grief, are you intending to give us an exhaustive list of every non-Tory politician's infidelities? Did you miss the bit where I said I think it's the hypocrisy that gets up peoples noses a lot more than the adultery?

Anyways, if we're going to turn this into a comprehensive list of politicians' adulterous adventures (although I'm not entirely sure what you think that would prove) I think you should include those from the other side of politics, if not so much for balance as a good laugh. The British Conservative Party, ably assisted by the British tabloids have produced some highly entertaining sex scandals in their time. Here's the most recent:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4804173/sex-pest-dossier-names-six-cabinet-ministers-and-senior-allies-of-pm/

"Amid the most startling claims is that there is a video in circulation of a male MP being urinated on by three men."

We just don't make 'em like that in Australia. The British seem to have a far a better class of sexual deviants and perverts in their Parliament. Britain, I salute you!