Tony Abbott should prove he didn't have an affair with Credlin

[donnashuggy]

He applied this to others, how did they keep this out of the papers?

[amber-eyed-girl]

Murdoch and Jerry Hall were married on the weekend. That much I know is true this week 🙂

[amber-eyed-girl]

Two people can have a close working relationship in a pressure cooker environment and it's fine if they are the same gender. If Credlin were a bloke, this wouldn't have been made into an issue about undue influence. That's what advisors do. They are there to guide and provide opinion. If it was all **bleep** advice and the party wasn't on board, they can do something about it. And they did.

With men, rumours are usually about behind the scenes promises made and broken in politics. Not who sat next to who or where the fork or spoon went...

[donnashuggy]

So many revelations, http://www.theage.com.au/national/bronwnyn-bishop-told-not-to-give-helicopter-apology-20160306-gnc0a...

[amber-eyed-girl]

Ah yes. That helicopter ride. Friend of mine needs to commute Melb-Geelong maybe once or twice a year and was thinking she was right...he'd have taken the chopper too!

[donnashuggy]

Everyone at the time thought it was shocking, the no apology

[donnashuggy]

Gotta love this:

Laura Tingle ‏@latingle 4h4 hours ago

Cruellest blow to the egos of Canberra .. Niki Savva's book doesn't have an index. #noWashingtonReadherefolks

[donnashuggy]

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[the_great_she_elephant]

With men, rumours are usually about behind the scenes promises made and broken in politics. Not who sat next to who or where the fork or spoon went..

I think if it had been a man feeding Abbott forkfuls of food there would have been a few raised eyebrows.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Saw Hawke do that to a bloke. When I was knee high to a grasshopper. Noone questioned his...virility. Was at a party in Melbourne. His future wife was there too. Before he was PM, or just after? Not sure. Around then.

It was "here try this" and no real option to say no. People laughed. That was it. Context makes a difference too. People see what they want to see, if there's an agenda. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@kilroy_is_here wrote:

Why should he it's nobody's business 

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If he was a millionaire businessman or a TV or sports celebrity it wouldn't be, but when it raises perceptions of abuse of power within parliament, then it  becomes the business of every voter in the country.