// I am not anti women! In fact I'm quite the opposite to the point that I will say no more. (for now)// ALTRAV you have finally come out of the closet, you're a transvestite!

Why am I not surprised that Wong would be a favourite of Pauls.

I would say it is a very close race for the worst female parliamentarian, ever seen in Oz between her, Gillard & Bishop. Snakes in skirts springs to mind as a suitable description of the trio.

Hassy, for a bloke who spent half his life pumping dirty bilge water over the ecologically sensitive Great Barrier Reef, I can understand how an intelligent progressive female parliamentarian like Penny Wong would not appeal to you. The flathead from the fish shop, the Lovely Pauline is more your style.

Christ Paul, I am amused at the amount of pent up anger and who knows what else you have stored in your head. I ask a simple question about something I don't care too much about so after reading your comments left me wondering if things have changed. That's all. And you come out punching and kicking and suddenly I'm under attack. Anyway as little as I know about this topic, I have another question. If the constitution called for 'Australians', then why was the first parliament not all abo's instead of all poms? No,I'm serious.

I agree with the idea of having an even mix of men and women in parliament. We should have moved on from that debate and be debating exactly where the problem lies. Instead, we never get much analysis of what goes wrong. Are women not running for pre-selection? Are women turned off the long hours and insults instead of debate? Are female candidates unpopular with voters?

Is mise may have given us one solution. At the moment, parties can only nominate one candidate for each seat. It is possible that they see middle-aged white men as the safest option. Maybe we should let them run a second candidate to see how a different type of candidate goes.

ALTRAV I was only taking the piss out of you, being a little jocular at your expense. I don't hate or have issues with anyone in this world, including all the happy hipster cyber folks on the forum. I love you ALTRAV who every you are, and now I know you are what you are I should intro you to a dear friend of mine Sabba, he's a van driver by day who likes to dress up at night, Sabs got style, and you would not believe who are some of the people that have "befriended" him in the past, in his bad old days including the odd politician and businessmen, he also had a high ranking minister of religion as a "friend". Was making 500 bucks a night, now its 500 bucks a week.

//At the moment, parties can only nominate one candidate for each seat// that's not true benk. Political parties can nominate as many candidates for a seat as they like, why they would I can't imagine. A little secret don't believe all "independent" candidates are as independent as they would have you believe.