John McTernan 457 or 747

Macquack said:

I agree Julia, but would you really expect Julia Gillard to pop up at a shopping mall with the highly likely probability of a "Tony Abbott Rent-A-Crowd" rehearsed to throw eggs on cue at the PM.

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sptrawler said:

Well that seems like a silly comment Macquack.
Wasn't it Gillards staff that rang the mob that rioted?
I obviously gave you more credit than was due.

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APART from its usual theme of understated patriotism, Australia Day this year has a new resonance. It is the first anniversary of a race riot fomented within the Prime Minister's office.

In the aftermath, the junior staffer most directly involved lost his job. But John McTernan, the former aide to Tony Blair who was recruited as Julia Gillard's director of communications, remains her chief spinmeister. He is widely credited with having authorised inciting the crowd at Canberra's Tent Embassy. It was done by wantonly misrepresenting Tony Abbott's remarks on the role of the embassy in a radio interview that morning.

McTernan makes no apology for his approach to politics. He's on the record saying: "If you get to senior positions, you have to be able to kill your opponent. It's not pretty; it's not pleasant, but if those at the top can't kill, then those at the bottom certainly cannot. High politics demands very low political skills too."

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Garpal Gumnut said:

A good point sptrawler.

The Australian made this point about McTernan and the assault on the PM and Tony Abbott during the Australia Day riots in 2012.



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/from-hard-but-fair-to-the-ugly-style-of-politics/story-e6frg7ko-1226561998225

He is a wonder. A 457 with a lot of clout.

And when it all falls, off he goes, back overseas, to the next labour stoush.

I feel a genuine sorrow for the Australian Left, taken in by this fellow from overseas.

gg

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Macquack said:

I agree Julia, but would you really expect Julia Gillard to pop up at a shopping mall with the highly likely probability of a "Tony Abbott Rent-A-Crowd" rehearsed to throw eggs on cue at the PM.

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sptrawler said:

Well that seems like a silly comment Macquack.
Wasn't it Gillards staff that rang the mob that rioted?
I obviously gave you more credit than was due.

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Macquack said:

Tony Abbott did a sterling job at stitching up Pauline Hanson and geting her jailed.

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Calliope said:

I agree. It's a pity the ratbag is not still in jail.

Tim Mathieson is now doing a John McTernan on Tony Abbott.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...snub-tony-abbott/story-fn59niix-1226593598167

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Macquack said:

The Liberals have never engaged in dirty tricks?

Tony Abbott did a sterling job at stitching up Pauline Hanson and geting her jailed.

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Pauline Hanson to run again in federal election - From: AAP March 07, 2013
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...federal-election/story-fn59niix-1226592181836

FORMER One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she is planning to run in this year's federal election.

Ms Hanson says she believed there was no "representation" of Australian life and people in parliament.

"I'm going to put my hand up. I'm going to apply for the job and hopefully the people think that I'm the best person for that job to represent them," Ms Hanson told the Seven Network.

Ms Hanson said the rising costs of electricity and the 457 visa system are the issues which concern her most.

"Water is a huge issue in this country and that needs to be investigated, along with the costs of electricity. I don't think the government is doing enough to understand that people are hurting," she said...

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