So Federal Minister for Health Sussan Ley has ‘stepped aside’ while there is an investigation into her personal expense claims, just like Bronwyn Bishop, former Speaker and Minister, did. Did Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott, Peter Slipper or Steve Irons amongst others do this when their expense claims were questioned and found wanting? No. I’m not defending any of them, but it does seem there is a prima facie case that women politicians either react to or are treated differently than men for similar offences. And this seems to be a world phenomenon.Read More »
Tag: Hillary Clinton
O White American Women, What Have You Done?
As the US election map turned predominantly Republican red on TV yesterday, with a thin film of Democrat blue around the international edges, the hopes and dreams of rational thinkers slumped. Previously America had voted in the clown, George W Bush. Now it has voted in a marketing phenomenon, Donald Trump. While it is understandable that white American men in the mid-West might be taken in by the mythology of ‘Make America Great Again’ – a look back at the past – how could white American women, educated to think and act independently, vote for Trump?Read More »
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