Dear Hassie,

Thank You for the compliment but I don't think
that I deserve it. But then I've got health
problems and I don't think that I deserve those either.
(joke).

Anyway, I am not as sure as you seem to be of who's
got a better chance of winning the next election.
I doubt if bringing back Tony Abbott as leader is going
to improve the Liberal Party's chances one iota.

I personally do feel that the Liberals should stand behind
their current leader and present a united front - because
voters don't support disunified parties. But to me the
most important thing is - get rid of the current policies.
The public does not like them and they will lose the election
for the Libs if nothing is done.

There's still time for changes to be made - and the Liberal
Party should seriously pay attention to the concerns of
voters - or they will lose - and it won't have much to do
with who their leader is.

FOXY !
WOW ! I"m speechless, i never .. Congratulations. Spot-on !

Thanks Indy,

I'm glad that for once I got something right.
(smile).

Dear Shadow Minister,

Is your senior technician a “junior” of any description because that is how you referred to Cash's senior media adviser?

Mate, you are having to walk back a hell of a lot of your off the hip comments of late. Perhaps desisting from trying it on would be advisable.

SR,

I see that you have conceded the lowly rank of the staffer and now are trying to make the discussion about semantics. However, the answer to your question is yes. The man has more than a decade of service but still holds a junior rank.

As defined Junior includes = ..." a person who is newer or of lower rank in an office, class, profession, etc.; subordinate."

Foxy I can not see a single person in either major party that I could be proud to call my PM. I will admit I would be more ashamed to admit Shorten was our PM than I would be of Abbott, but no more than I am ashamed to admit Turnbull is our PM.

It is because of their policies that I will vote for neither party in the next election. Yes the Liberals policies are slightly less toxic than Labors, but so little less damaging that they won't earn my vote.

I can't think of a single MP I would like to see become our next PM. I favour Abbott only because he is the only one in well over a decade who did anything good for Australia. He stopped the boats. That he then turned milk sop & failed at all further hurdles is a given, but he did stop the boats. I am damn sure that no other member of either major would/could have done that.

Belly I know it is hard, probably impossible, for you to understand, I don't have a side, or a party. I have never been to any meetings, never handed out how to vote cards or manned a pooling booth & I never will. Obviously your history makes you totally one eyed, I don't have such a history, so have no favourite.

I will probably vote Pauline Hanson for the senate, but only as an "UP YOURS" to the majors. My only hope is a totally unworkable senate, which would reduce the damage either mob could do in a single term

Disgusting isn't it that it can get this bad.