Here is the latest news story this evening about the 'other side'. Must have balance musn't we, in what political news we read?

Joe's agression betrays weakness.

Joe Hockey's fighting spirit encapsulates all that is wrong with the Abbott government

....It has been a remarkable 100-plus days, culminating in this week's cage fight with General Motors-Holden; a ham-fisted brawl, shirts ripped, faces bruised and knuckles bloody. But completely one-sided. With the snarling Joe Hockey throwing haymakers in the air while demanding Holden put up or shut up.

'The Abbott government proved, yet again, that it is incapable of mature and nuanced responses to the sort of political and economic challenges that are entirely predictable '

 

....It is becoming apparent that, while they were an excellent opposition, the years of reflexive, unthinking negativity, of framing all arguments in soundbites and all outcomes as crude win-loss scenarios have not well prepared Abbott and his colleagues for government.

Whether bullying East Timor, picking fights that they can't win with Beijing, humiliating themselves over Gonski or mugging childcare workers while debauching their own travel allowances, they approach the governments of the Commonwealth with all the witless hysteria of amateur night in a Chechen bordello.

 

Sometimes it's embarrassing. Sometimes amusing. And sometimes it's just a tragedy.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/blogs/blunt-instrument/joe-hockeys-fighting-spirit-encapsulates-all-th...

More political news of the day:

Malcolm Turnbull reveals plan to break NBN promise

The Abbott government will break its NBN election promise of giving all Australians access to 25 megabits per second download speeds by 2016, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitted in Parliament on Thursday.

It also comes a fortnight after Fairfax Media revealed that advice given in its draft report to the incoming government showed the NBN Co did not believe the Coalition's target was achievable either.

This government has only been in office for three months and they’ve already broken promises left, right and centre … on debt … on education … on boats … and now today on the NBN," he said.

"This betrayal, this broken promise will hang like an albatross around this Minister’s neck."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-reveals-plan-to-break-nbn-pro...

Any time I have had cause to write to a politician, I have always received a reply.

why is it ok for the Labor supporters to have a thread continually bagging the current Government. It has very few Liberal supporters bothering it.

But when a thread having a go at Liberal is started the Labor supporters swarm and take it over?

thats mostly because the claims made are complete garbage. feel free to do the same

obviously some can't see this thread is the very same kind we got while Labour was leading our Country...this done in support of getting 'Kicking this mob out" .

The Mob is out know....I would like to ask the OP why they feel their ummm special kind of support is needed now that Tony Abbott is PM ?

Is it because smoke-screens and devaluing of the opposition are still needed to support our current Government   because that's a big part of them winning the Federal Election ....and now the reality rather than fantasy is becoming evident 

Is is a kind of look over there,they are bad  type thing ?

Not a good look for anyone who really does claim to have faith in this Government .

Not a good look for anyone to use those last lines in the OP to help make a Government look better than are.