Gillard and Rudd are products of the me-generation. They do not comprehend that politics is a calling.
Gorton was removed by his party. Whitlam was removed by the Governor-General and the CIA. Hayden was displaced by Hawke. Keating and Hawke tussled bitterly. There was bitterness however like Costello they predominately put the nation's interests first and stepped back.
Latham is another product of the me-generation.
There has never been a more dank pall upon the Office of the Prime Minister. It is one insulting deceit after another to the Australian peoples - worst of it is the failure of the Office of the Prime Minister to apologise to Aboriginal peoples and all Australians for manifesting the Australia Day Lobby restaurant incident. Instead they chose to gutlessly sneak aspersions and negative imputations upon long suffering Aboriginal peoples.
There is no moral leadership on the Australian political landscape.
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The truth does matter even it is well after the event
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