It’s really hard to find someone who voted for Abbott’s Liberal government who is willing to justify their actions without mentioning the Labor Party. I also find Greens voters share this trait, in that they often position their support for the Greens as being ‘anti-Labor’, more so than they are ‘pro-Green’. When you also take into account the mainstream media’s obsession with Labor bashing, it’s clear why Labor is permanently on the counter-attack from a pincer movement of anti-Labor-for-this-reason-or-another-culture that dominates Australian political discourse. So when people like me try to defend my support for the Labor Party by explaining by deep attachment to the Labor Party’s values and policies that are intrinsically tied to these values, I get a constant barrage of criticism and abuse from the aforementioned pincer movement. It’s fair to say that being a Labor supporter in this country is a fairly unrewarding exercise.

So why does the Labor Party, whether in government or opposition, bear the brunt of so much disappointment, criticism and abuse? I think it’s because the party’s mission is such a difficult one that it’s seemingly impossible to live up to the huge weight of expectation placed on it through its promise to protect us all from the economy that we also rely on for the continuation of our society

read more http://victoriarollison.com/2014/09/28/dear-labor-enough-with-the-beige/

Hi Gus.

Maybe Victoria should read my 'Blinky Bill' post ....?

Cheers,

John.

Apparently Bill Shorten is asking Turdy Abbott to review the draconian laws about journalists revealing stuff the government wants to hide under false pretences... because Bill forgot to read the small print... Idiot...  Meanwhile Brandis assures us he'll be a perfect neo-fascist gentleman where Journalists are concerned:

Attorney-General George Brandis has sought to quell free speech concerns about the government's national security reforms by giving himself the power to veto prosecutions of journalists who publish details of undercover ASIO operations.

The decision follows a growing backlash against a law passed more than a month ago that includes jail terms of up to 10 years for anyone who discloses details about ASIO "special operations", during which the security agency's officers would have partial legal immunity in the event they have to break the law in the course of their work.

Amid concerns that the law could prevent journalists reporting on, say, botched special operations, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wrote to Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday asking that an independent watchdog on national security laws review the clause by the middle of next year.