Pauliar,

So Tudge had an affair with his media adviser following in the footsteps of Hawke.

So far the Greens have two convicted paedophiles and one councillor charged with violent homophobic assault.

shadow minister,

It's not the Greens you should be worried about or
Labor. You support the Coalition and they're really
looking bad at the moment - they're even resorting to
accusing Labor of working for China, despite the fact
that Labor's not the ones in government. Things are
getting desperate for them if they have to resort
to tactics of disunity and play right into China's
hands. No wonder ASIO is concerned.

Foxy,

Labor has been brown-nosing the CCP big time, Sam Dastardly, Bob Carr and Albo have pretty much run up the white flag.

"The ringing endorsement of Anthony Albanese by the Chinese Communist Party propaganda sheet Global Times suggests that with friends like the CCP, the Opposition Leader does not need enemies. Labor’s deputy leader Richard Marles was busy on Wednesday claiming Labor and the Morrison government shared the same, bipartisan position on national security. That may appear to be the case in terms of Labor’s rhetoric, but not always in substance. Mr Marles and opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong are squealing that Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Peter Dutton are politicising national security in the context of the coming election. But during 3½ years of facing geo-strategic challenges unprecedented since World War II, the issue has emerged as one of the Morrison government’s strengths, alongside the economy. It is understandable that China wants the Prime Minister to lose. He has been effective and determined in resisting Beijing’s coercion. He also has been a key player in groupings that Beijing profoundly dislikes, such as AUKUS and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. In the national interest, Mr Morrison is right to dig down into his opponents’ positions on such profoundly important issues."

shadow minister,

You're really buying into all this misinformation
and supporting your team as always. What a pity.
I guess you're not about to change your tactics any
time soon. These tactics don't work any more.
And they will end up losing the election for you -
big time. Voters are not buying it. But sadly you
haven't learned a thing from what works and what doesn't.

Trying to smear your opponents makes your team neither
tough nor impressive. It makes you all look stupid,
desperate, and losers.

Your loss all round.

Your loss.

Hi Foxy,

As you know, I'm a member of the Greens, I make no secret of that here, so I won't push them your way, that would be insulting, as I'm biased. If its possible come election time, and if there is a decent Independent candidate in your electorate, you might want to check them out before making a decision. The Coalition is terrible, and Labor is lackluster in my opinion, but one or the other will be in government.

The problem for Independents is a lack of money to run a high profile campaign, unlike the big two who have plenty of cash.

Then there's the likes of the Treasurer, Friedbrain, with a personal honey pot of $2.5 million, not a cent of which is known from whom it came. Obviously from people who want access to government and the Treasurer in particular.

Hi Paul,

I am certainly weighing up all sorts of candidates.
And waiting to see how they shape up. However this
political game that's currently being played by both
sides of politics is not serving anyone well at all
and as ASIO is making quite clear - it's doing a great
deal of harm and should stop.