The more the government refuse to answer, the more they implicate themselves in a cover up.
Misappropriation of funds ends up as theft one way or another, the more they try to hide doumentation, the more guilty they appear.
From the sound of the auditor it would appear there is a lot of questions to be answered regarding lost documentation.
No matter what happens it makes the government look bad by their backing of some very unsavory behaviour.
Coalition frontbencher Andrew Robb last night told parliament the Government's support for Mr Thomson was "sickening".
"Look at the evidence that comes out ... that he has lied, that he is a thief, yet the prime minister stands up here daily and supports (him)," he said.
Labor's primary vote has dropped back to its lowest level on record of 27 per cent, with the Coalition unchanged on 47 per cent.
It's even worse for Gillard Labor when one considers Tony Abbott's personal ratings also went backwards.That is, worse than Rudd, and equal to Keating at his lowest. Where is the 'good government lost it's way' rhetoric now. This tragic all-consuming lust for power, can it conceivably bring the office any lower.
It's even worse for Gillard Labor when one considers Tony Abbott's personal ratings also went backwards.
It's reached the point now that even when the Coalition lose, Labor can't win.
The priority at the moment is to clear the current stench from the seat of office.Labor are gone....so what about the PM in waiting Abbott answering some questions.
Labor are gone....so what about the PM in waiting Abbott answering some questions.
We are going from the pot to the furnace........
Appearing more and more the P.M. is a spokesperson rather than decision maker. Got her by the short (long?) and curlies.
Head on the hit nail WysiwygAppearing more and more the P.M. is a spokesperson rather than decision maker. Got her by the short (long?) and curlies.
Agree. Australian politics is in a sad state atm.
The government would have been better off coming out and taking a hardline stance on this and sacking Thompson straight off the bat. They may have lost the by-election and government but at least they would have the moral high ground and done the right thing. Now they have lost any chance of retaining office at the next election.
Julia Gillard is going to go down as our first female PM and probably our worst PM ever. Might set the female movement back decades: , has certainly set labor back decades.
What really disappoints is Labor's apparent inability to talk to ordinary voters in a manner they understand. Talking to the far-flung suburbs of our great cities was easy for the likes of Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and, dare I say, Kevin Rudd (at least while he was campaigning to become prime minister).
They just don't seem to get that in the aforementioned suburbs nobody feels that things are good. People look at rising costs of living and shake their heads. Electricity prices have rocketed up so fast that many small businesses and households find it difficult to keep up with the payments. Similarly every time they go to the butchers, or the fruit and vegetable shop or the supermarket, they shake their heads in dismay.
Interesting that he didn't mention Abbott being a tosser
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