- Stuart Robert visited China with a major Liberal donor without the imprimatur of Peta Credlin and other control freaks in the office of then-PM Abbott (including Abbott himself); and
- Robert met with government officials in China without the knowledge, and at least the tacit approval, of then and current Foreign Minister Julie Bishop; and
- the press gallery and the Opposition remain focused on Robert himself and "ministerial standards" without looking to those further up the line from him; and
- Prime Minister Turnbull would, with everything else he has on his plate, divert the head of his department to a minor administrative matter; and
- Robert is probably the most promising ministerial-quality MP the Queensland LNP sends to Canberra; and
- almost inevitably, the press gallery and the Opposition will accept a behind-closed-doors assessment from a bureaucrat as the last word on this matter, and go galumphing off after some other non-story.
10 February 2016
A potential breach of standards
I find it hard to believe that:
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Sticks out like dogs balls doesn't it. Didn't Abbott's mob believe in any standards of behaviour?
ReplyDeleteI also find it hard to believe that Greg Hunt is the world's best minister. Scrub that, I find it impossible to believe.
ReplyDeleteShit is crazy.
See Scott Ludlam's wonderful Address to the Nation appealing for 10th February to be proclaimed Greg Hunt Day. Not up to Tone's standard though, it's only a two flag effort.
DeleteMight explain that film clip of Stu getting large public bollocking from young Peta.
ReplyDeleteAs always, the broadcast media can only handle one [tiny] thought at a time, and if it doesn't involve conflict, they'll make it so. Thanks for insights.
ReplyDeleteThe stalling, the paper shuffling, the quiet whistling.. staring into middle distance. Press Gallery effectively doing the same. It reminds me of the famous Chico/Harpo mirror skit in Duck Soup.
ReplyDeleteYour last two dot points (at least) are non-sequiturs from the opening phrase. Do you really find it hard to believe that almost inevitably, the press gallery and the Opposition will accept a behind-closed-doors assessment from a bureaucrat as the last word on this matter, and go galumphing off after some other non-story? Having read your blog for a few years now I think you would find that very easy to believe.
ReplyDeleteThe public are pretty riled up over it a Rolex makes for great headlines because it is symbolic of wealth and status , the media cant control social media , so if Turnbull doesn't axe Robert there will be a backlash its taken on a life of its own , Labor are irrelevant now thier work is done , Parkinson is a stooge and his decision is of little consequence the public have examined it and made up their mind .It happened with Bishop Brough Briggs and it will happen with Robert. If Turnbull tries to cover this up he will take a hit. Rolex's , Abbott and China a lethal combination.
ReplyDeleteTold you so..
ReplyDeleteSo did the Abbott camp set Robert up?
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