Re: Republican of the Year
Reply #106 –
Watching today the real poor performer was Tanya Plibersek seconding the no confidence motion.
Waffle!
She's a dud!
We'll have to agree to disagree Cookie. I reckon she's one of the few shining lights in our tired and unrepresentative political system.
It's interesting......
She usually speaks well in interviews and in public...... but she lacks a bit of fire on the floor of the house...hesitant and lacking in confidence...the government usually hit her to the boundary.
She looks OK when she is adding opposition support to government initiatives on things like terrorism, bali 9 stuff...but generally very bland
Perhaps that's why I rate her Lods. I don't have much time for the chest beating performances that are passed of as debate in our houses of parliament.
Sorry, apart from her recent effort re. the Bali situation, I think she is just another merchant of the negative in similar vein to her boss Shorten. Nothing to see here I'm afraid, totally uninspiring and carping AFAIC.
Abbott demonstrated than an opposition need only be negative to defeat the incumbent government. Unfortunately for the electorate, that's all we're going to get from oppositions until there's a quantum shift in our political system.
As for Ms Plibersek, her performances on Q & A, and in the media generally, show that she can think on her feet and has some good ideas for making our country a better place. She is not a head kicker in the mould of Paul Keating, but that's not a bad thing. In fact, I would prefer to see more people with Ms Plibersek's attributes in our parliaments.