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IQSRLOW
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by IQSRLOW » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:34 am
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Kevin uses 30 year old "advisors", Julia uses bodyguards
In claims that will fuel the distrust between the Gillard and Rudd camps, sources have told The Weekend Australian that when Ms Gillard was deputy prime minister she regularly failed to attend cabinet's national security committee meetings. Instead, she reportedly sent her former bodyguard and junior staff member Andrew Stark.
A spokesman for Ms Gillard said cabinet confidentiality meant she could not defend herself from the damaging allegations.
Sieve leaking incompetence
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HIGHERBEAM
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by HIGHERBEAM » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:23 am
Its good to see you out and about,how was it inside the santarium
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by Ethnic » Sat Jul 31, 2010 2:15 pm
A junior staff member sent to cabinet national security meetings? Is this idiot for real? Forget the 'santarium', Gillard should be in a sanitarium. HIGHBEAM what the fuck is a 'santarium' anyway?
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mantra
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by mantra » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:08 pm
More propaganda I assume. Is there any proof of this? Who are these sources - coalition shadow ministers no doubt.
Rudd was supposed to attend the meetings - wasn't he? Howard didn't attend once and sent someone else in his place. Why is Gillard getting the blame for this when it was Rudd's responsibility?
Rudd wasn't a team player and didn't "share" with his staff. Gillard may not have had a say in the matter.
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by Guest » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:41 pm
mantra wrote:More propaganda I assume. Is there any proof of this? Who are these sources - coalition shadow ministers no doubt.
Rudd was supposed to attend the meetings - wasn't he? Howard didn't attend once and sent someone else in his place. Why is Gillard getting the blame for this when it was Rudd's responsibility?
Rudd wasn't a team player and didn't "share" with his staff. Gillard may not have had a say in the matter.
Your ABC reported it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... 969711.htm
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by Sappho » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:08 pm
Ethnic wrote:A junior staff member sent to cabinet national security meetings? Is this idiot for real? Forget the 'santarium', Gillard should be in a sanitarium. HIGHBEAM what the fuck is a 'santarium' anyway?
It's like a sanitarium, but with added salt and sugar... for taste.
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IQSRLOW
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by IQSRLOW » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:08 pm
mantra wrote:More propaganda I assume. Is there any proof of this? Who are these sources - coalition shadow ministers no doubt.
Rudd was supposed to attend the meetings - wasn't he? Howard didn't attend once and sent someone else in his place. Why is Gillard getting the blame for this when it was Rudd's responsibility?
Rudd wasn't a team player and didn't "share" with his staff. Gillard may not have had a say in the matter.
It was a leak from Labor party sources.
What's the matter Mantra? Starting to panic now the real Labor party is starting to show their true colours?
Nice to see that you couldn't bear to be critical of any of the fuckups no matter how bad they get
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by Sappho » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:15 pm
United we stand. Divided we fall.
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by J.W. Frogen » Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:56 am
I have never been to national security briefings but I have been to a lot of regional military security briefings and believe me it is often just a reiteration of what is already known.
Critical meetings are flagged thus, new, breaking information is rare and would be signaled that the PM should attend.
I have no problem with any PM sending a rep to the more mundane meetings.
Just because a meeting is tagged with the exciting term 'National Security' does not mean anything important is going to be said in it.
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by HIGHERBEAM » Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:06 pm
National security meeting under Labor
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