Labor, Liberal; all members of the same elite social sets

http://redflag.org.au/article/don%E2%80%99t-worry-we%E2%80%99re-all-good-friends-here

Lili's political thought for the day

What's the deal with Joe Hockey, all sweating and pale? Regardless of politics, I hope it's just a passing and minor thing.

Former Liberal Prime Minister rips into current Liberal Party leader on asylum-seeker policy

“The most effective way to restore integrity and public confidence in  asylum  seeker policy  is through strong leadership, myth busting and accurate  information. Not to present a policy that is the closest thing to evil you can get. A policy that is full of misinformation."

“In 2010-11, 4730 asylum seekers  arrived by boat. During the same period, more  than  13 million people crossed our borders and arrived in Australia; 4730 out  of 13.9 million is not a ''system vulnerable to abuse''."

“This is the opposite of integrity. It is inhumane and demeans Australia. Is this the basis on which Abbott will operate if he, as he believes he will, becomes prime minister?"

Abbott's evil policy work.

by Malcolm Fraser
Sydney Morning Herald. smh.com.au

June 18, 2012
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/abbotts-evil-policy-work-20120617-20hzs.html#ixzz1y753sRAD

Open letter to shadow immigration minister Scott Morrison from an infectious disease physician

Open letter from an infectious disease physician: Dear Scott Morrison…
Alexandria ALP Branch (blog)
Written by Dr Trent Yarwood, posted by Ben Aveling
February 29, 2012
http://alexandriaalp.org/2012/02/29/open-letter-from-an-infectious-disease-physician-dear-scott-morrison/

You're kidding me!

I've just been told the most amazingly bad thing about Tony Abbott, second-hand, but told in all seriousness. I have always found the leader of the opposition to be profoundly creepy, in his dismal politics, his strange-looking head, the peculiar way he moves (his weird walk, his tongue), and in the way he smirks while bending the truth. But after hearing what I've just been told about Mr Abbott, I'm pretty amazed that someone would go around saying this stuff. I'm not making reference to that rot from a few years ago about the son who wasn't, I'm referring to something else supposedly from his past. If this story is true, Abbott doesn't have a skeleton in the closet, he has a department of bloody paleontology in his closet. If this is true, and it gets out, I'd say it's goodbye career, but is it true?