So the poor old coalition is suffering a witch hunt?

[Pessimistic]

over the citizenship issue.

I thought it might be fun to list the people and groups who will not be sad over this in fact may be doing a little collective fist pump

I'll kick off

Bill Shorten (who suffered a little witch hunt of the same issue a little while back from good old tony Abbott - surely not that would have been hypocritical squared)

Bill shortens lawyer

Building unions

 

[Hank Scorpion]

Kevin Rudd

GetUp!

Welfare recipients (speaking of which, I really hope someone is combing through Tudge's records)

 

[flashmanvc]

Turnbull said "we don't do witch hunts in Australia", which brought to mind his "the Liberal Party doesn't have factions" comment.

He kept a straight face both times.

Amazing stuff.

 

[Admiral Byng]

It was all fun and games when it was just some lawyer going after The Greens. But that's the thing with witch hunts, they build this momentum of their own.

 

[Pessimistic]

The Greens?

As inner city electorates become denser, three way contests like south Yarra will become more common

 

[Gough]

It's not often you'd describe Joe Hockey as the clever one but he must be watching this from New York, and pissing himself laughing.

 

[flashmanvc]

It's not often you'd describe Joe Hockey as the clever one but he must be watching this from New York, and pissing himself laughing.

If he was a half decent bloke he'd be feeling survivors guilt.

 

[sherb]

If he was a half decent bloke he'd be feeling survivors guilt.

He's not.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Just thinking about it Josh could easily have turned this into a PR win. It would have been so easy to sympathise with his situation (unlike Joyce, Nash and Roberts) and he has no chance of losing his seat at a by-election.

But he and Turnbull have kind of ruined that with their petulant attitude

Think of the warm and fuzzy ABC/SBS doco's he could have been apart of with him and mum travelling back to Hungary. He could have turned this into a story of reconciliation and forgiveness.

 

[madmug]

Given that anyone who gets Commonwealth money & is not entitled, due to either a mistake or being not eligible, then what about all these 'illegal' members of our Parliament?
When does Barnaby, for instance, pay it all back, plus the cost of the bi-election he caused?? Senator Parry tried to ignore his position & knew full well he was taking money ($6k a week) under false pretences. How deliberate was that!!!!
When does the law apply to politicians in equal measure to the rest of society??

 

[Gough]

How many other people who are openly breaking the law get a nice grace period before they're required to do anything about it? There's now a reasonable case to be argued that this government is actually illegitimate and that Turnbull is running a protection racket for MPs who shouldn't be there.

 

[Hoops]

How many other people who are openly breaking the law get a nice grace period before they're required to do anything about it? There's now a reasonable case to be argued that this government is actually illegitimate and that Turnbull is running a protection racket for MPs who shouldn't be there.

maybe the ROC should investigate

 

[Pie eyed]

I

Just thinking about it Josh could easily have turned this into a PR win. It would have been so easy to sympathise with his situation (unlike Joyce, Nash and Roberts) and he has no chance of losing his seat at a by-election.

But he and Turnbull have kind of ruined that with their petulant attitude

Think of the warm and fuzzy ABC/SBS doco's he could have been apart of with him and mum travelling back to Hungary. He could have turned this into a story of reconciliation and forgiveness.

I would keep well clear of Dutton if I were Frydenburg....could end up in offshore detention.