Where is Margie?

[just_me_karen]

Where is Australia's First Lady? I'm worried she appears to be missing and failing in her responsibilities.

There is nothing in the news about her.

No google image results from 2014

Nothing on her bio page



Does anyone know where she is?

[debra9275]

I foegot that one thanks freaki, and if you go back in time a bit there are heaps more

even the current treasurer didn't declare his wife's interests until very late in the game if I remember rightly

[freakiness]

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@catsnknots wrote:

Gillards partner was unemployed... he had no job... he did nothing... people started to say he was bludging of the people because of his very bad behaviour and not because he had no job because he was not getting paid to be Gillards partner. His demands for free tickets to sporting events and the way he behaved when Abbott was at some of the same events was what gave him the bad name and tag of bludger. 

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What makes you think he did nothing?

Were you in his pocket while he was working for Men's health?

[polksaladallie]

Is she with him in WA?  She has the sort of job where she can take days off if necessary.  Indeed she took many days off last year, so where is she now?

[debra9275]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-features/joe-hockey-declares-wife8217s-company-directorship...

there you go, it only took him 14 years.

good on Therese Rein for being so honest right from the start

[debra9275]

Honest Joe

[silverfaun]

So what is this thread about?? is it another way to bash Abbott?

[freakiness]

Where are all these Abbott bashng threads started by the OP?

Are they buried under the Labor bashing threads?

[bright.ton42]

Bashing poor Mrs Abbot for doing nothing that is anyone's business.   She seems a nice person.   Would you all  prefer someone like Margaret Whitlam who thought she was pm and made pronouncements on everything political or not  until she was put back in her box  -   remember her?????

(not replying to freaki but to whoever the cap fits)

[azureline**]

I don't see it as bashing anyone.

We have been conditioned to expectations that a PM has a spouse/partner who accompanies the PM most of the time. Right or wrong? no idea.

As for Mrs Whitlam, she was a generous, caring woman who was a wonderful advocate for women's rights and many other things at the time, that needed changing. She had some criticism directed at her but on the whole she was well liked. (from my experiences)

[debra9275]

I don't think it was  "bashing poor Mrs Abbott"either, it was about her absence from the public arena I thought.

it's not even on a par with the numerous/threads comments about the former PM JG's partner who's life wasn't really anyone else's business either

Mrs Whitlam?? I never noticed that about her