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Monday February 13, 2012

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  • Troy on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I have seen this family fighting day after day for months trying to get their kids/siblings back home. The dedication and ... more
  • Pauline on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS have destroyed my own family. They failed in their duty of care to provide a baby moniter for the deaf , thousands of ... more
  • Christine on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' isn't it funny how DHS don't recognise the psychological effects of domestic violence on children and continue to allow ... more
  • Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' There is a family In the Cairns Area who are Foster Carers.Atherton Child Safety have threatened the carers and own ... more
  • duncan on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i have spent time with this family. it is a house full of love. "mum", grandfather and older sblings.this cannot be an issue ... more
  • Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Family Law is different from the rest of the law in this country.. Ie. Family Law is based on probability: ie if it might ... more
  • carol annetta on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' having known this family for some time i am disgusted with the treatment she has received. it seems more of a witch hunt ... more
  • Maureen Hillary on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Derryn,I have counselled traumatized parents as a result of DHS staff.There are great staff workers who care but they ... more
  • Janet Tavener on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I am a visitor to this country.My attention was drawn to the case of these children and their foster mother by a relative of ... more
  • sam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Happening in Tasmania also.Wewon a court case over 8 months ago and due process still hasn't been done.We spent 17,000 ... more
  • Anne Glover on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I just cannot believe what the DHS has put the Foster Mother, and the children through - I thought the DHS was supposed to ... more
  • Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS are the most disgraceful organization I have ever had the displeasure of becoming involved with. They are so ... more
  • Vicki on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hi Derryn,I have known this carer since primary school, she has always put others above herself. Being a carer myself I know ... more
  • Gran'ma Pam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' As any of us with any sense know, these children should NEVER have been taken from this lady (mum) in the first place, they ... more
  • Dominic Lombardo on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I see my daughter every six months DHS are conducting a vendetta against me I have not been told why I can only see her ... more
  • cassy houghton on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hello Derryn,Firstly i would like to thankyou for your support and the willingness to help this beautiful family.I ... more
  • Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Im a carer also in Qld. I see this happen way too much from our Government. They are starting to use Carers own children as ... more
  • paul on "I'll pay the fee," says Hinch I believe what Liberal Party has done is stupid. But I feel for candidates like Joh Bauch and James Buonopane who want to ... more
  • Andrea on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Why are these public servants allowed to blatantly flout the law without the same consequences the rest of society faces? I ... more
  • birth mother on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i am the birth morther of these 4 children and i just want to say dhs dont care they just want the kids in care so they can ... more

Gillard spooked by spectre of Rudd

Posted by: Derryn Hinch | 30 July, 2010 - 5:22 PM
Julia Gillard v Kevin Rudd

An Age online headline today says it all: Stumbling Gillard spooked by spectre of Rudd.

And it is true. Like Banquo’s Ghost the Rudd questions hang heavily over the prime minister as she tries to get other people to concentrate on what she wants to talk about. When, at every press conference, there are the inevitable questions  about the Ruddster. And the leaks from inside Labor that are damaging her.

And it’s getting worse. You’ve now got two former party leaders in the heasdlines while she is in the headlights.

Mark Latham going on television and saying that Rudd – the man Australia elected Prime Minister less than three years ago – is a coward.  He pins the leaks on Rudd assays “ It’s the snake’s way. It’s unmanly and beneath an Aussie bloke to act this way’.

Latham says Rudd is acting on the bitter premise that 'if he can’t have it, no one else will'.

At her press conference in Perth today Gillard, obviously under pressure, stumbled and made errors. Said the election date was August 22 –not 21 – and called Rudd’s seat Griffiths instead of Griffith. Yesterday, as a caller pointed out on this program, she said Nauru when she meant East Timor.

The leaks and the back-biting and infighting in the Government ranks  reminds me of a line Bob Hawke used effectively against the Liberals when they were brawling:

'If you can’t run your party… you can’t run your country'. Not surprising the bookies are shortening the odds of a  Coalition victory.

PLAYING NOW: Michael Pachi, 3AW Political Reporter

Blog comments Your Say

  • if julia wins it would be a victory for treachery and disloyalty. god save the queen because nothing will save julia the traiter.

    mbpr4@yahoo.com.au Saturday 7 August, 2010 - 9:28 PM

  • Anne, you might feel very differently if you were a bullied schoolboy, who had to leave school in grade 7, because Labor repeatedly failed in its due of care. And worse still, an unrepresented schoolkid, who was repeatedly denied legal youth advocacy, who was repeatedly NOT heard on the Rights of the Child and the ICCPR in a human rights court of all places, and who had his courtroom audio tapes and transcripts repeatedly severely edited to deny him the evidence of the abuse and to pervert the course of justice. Even though our documented allegations are corroborated by two retired journalists, who witnessed the abuse and who have submitted sworn statutory declarations confirming our allegations and that our courtroom audio tapes and transcripts have been repeatedly severely edited, we have been denied an independent investigation. Because our local Labor MP, John Mickel, Speaker of Parliament has repeatedly denied us electoral representation and refuses to table our documented allegations in parliament, we have had to beg an Independent MP to assist us and sponsor an e-petition for an independent investigation into why the State Recording Bureau repeatedly allowed our courtroom audiotapes and transcripts to be severely edited http://bit.ly/aueuVm

    Mr Mickel had me ejected from Parliament, when I went there as a last resort to address Parliament. The incident went unreported because Anna Bligh has banned TV news cameras from Parliament. A Courier Mail journalist interviewed me after my violent ejection but the whole matter was suppressed. For the past 10 weeks we have been protesting on this issue outside John Mickels office.

    Further details:

    Armed Police Eject Mother From Queensland Parliament http://mathaba.net/news/?x=620379

    Australian Press Council fails judicial corruption and school bullying victim http://bit.ly/bvw1AO

    Jennifer Nash Thursday 5 August, 2010 - 9:48 AM

  • Im so sick of the negative comments in the media, 3AW are one of the worst, We are not in recession, we have low unemployment, and low inflation, Julia and her government are not doing a bad job, yes mistakes, but what government whoever they are make the same

    anne Friday 30 July, 2010 - 9:06 PM

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