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TO MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEWS MEDIA.
Well I hope that all of the news media is content with the storm that it has whipped up.
You had a mole hill and you certainly built it into a gigantic mountain destabilising the country on your way. This is irresponsible journalism!
Now you are salivating like wild dogs over a kill.
And yes the members of the Liberal Party have succumbed to your news- mongering by playing right into your hands. Didn’t the news reporters have anything better to do – no real news to deal with so you made up a baggage full after Mr. Abbott's knighting activities. Death by his own sword even though the action had not any physical or damaging effect upon any Australian.
So now news media turned this event into a mish mash of disenchanted comments – the hype is bilious.
Any mention of “party spills” and other such ****** verbiage makes me switch off the audio or channel.
In addition WRONG! “THE PEOPLE ELECTED ME AS PRIME MINISTER”
Kevin Rudd said it; Julia Gillard said it and now Tony Abbot said it.
THE PEOPLE DID NOT ELECT THEM BUT THEY EXPECTED THEM !!
The Australian people elected persons to be their parliamentary representatives for their designated electorates.
At the time of his election Kevin Rudd was the leader of the Labor Party and canvassing for his Queensland electorate and if the Labor Party attained a majority of seats Kevin Rudd was EXPECTED be Prime Minister of Australia.
Then Kevin Rudd was replaced as leader of the Labor Party by Julia Gillard who became Prime Minister. That was UNEXPECTED.
However in a new election Julia Gillard as leader canvassed for her Victorian electorate and if the Labor Party attained a majority of seats Julia Gillard was then EXPECTED to be Prime Minister.
Then we come to the 2013 election when Tony Abbott was the leader of the Liberal Party and canvassing for his New South Wales electorate and if the Liberal Party attained a majority of seats Tony Abbott was EXPECTED to be the next Prime Minister of Australia.
AT NO TIME DID ALL THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE ELECT ANY OF THE ABOVE AS PM
Do any of you realise the havoc you’ve created – don’t you realise that a change of party-leader will make absolutely no difference at all to the Australian situation – a change will not be of any advantage to anybody. The disruption has already cost the nation and should there be a change of leader there will be more disruption along with associated costs and swearing-ins. Changing offices, telephones, stationery, cars et. al. Why don’t you people show some intelligence.
Changing party leaders for the third, fourth, fifth time or prime ministers for the fourth time since John Howard, in my opinion, makes us that “banana kingdom” that another bodkin alluded to.
I am not amused.
Sincerely, Patricia McMahon