“And what about Beazley? He had two weeks in which to call Greg and never did. The family know the truth: that he never had the decency to pick up the phone to give one of his MPs a bit of comfort and security about his political future. It confirms my worst thoughts about him.”
“It's interesting to listen to these machine guys: they live in a world of non-stop political manoeuvres and gossip, no structured thoughts to making society better... The focus group also showed that it's popular to bash blacks: 'You need to find new issues, like attacking land rights, get stuck into all that politically correct Aboriginal stuff – the punters love it.'”