Tony Abbott, Coalition leader, potential Prime Minister, currently negotiating with the four independent MPs in order to obtain minority government, six days ago:
“I make the point that I think we can have a kinder, gentler polity … I think we can be a more collegial polity than we’ve been.”
An alleged phone conversation between a senior Liberal and Independent Rob Oakeshott’s wife, three days ago:
Senior Liberal MP: “Is daddy there?”
Sarah Oakeshott: “Who is speaking?
Senior Liberal MP: “Tell him it’s the Devil. Ha, ha, ha.”
Later again, Rob Oakeshott, Independent Member for Lyne and one of the key players set to decide who will form minority government, in reference to the fact that the Liberal MP had then apologise via text, explaining to the Oakeshotts that he thought it was one of their young children on the phone:
“I wonder what is going on.”
Minutes ago, Philip Coorey, The Sydney Morning Herald:
“NSW Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan has been outed: he was the mystery politician who rang the independent MP Rob Oakeshott and claimed to be ‘the devil’.”
It was a standard joke Senator Heffernan makes when he rings people.”
We’re with you Rob, we also wonder what is going on.
Move along.
Nothing to see here.
That’s what Bill says to me when I answer his calls, too.
Accuse him of having a strange sense of humour, if you wish.
But it was only the way he jokes about and there was no evil intent.
He is just a colourful character.
Heffernan is serial offender against the body politic.
His catalogue of offences against common decency is longer than my arm.
He should be investigated by the Priviliges Committee, and expelled from the Parliament.
These are members of the “Murdoch Party” they’ve been trying to sell us, a few of which had to be “tied up out back” so that negotiations for government of this country could go ahead!
Astro? Troy C? John James? any ideas?
John, I’m so glad that you can rationalise the very strange (at best infantile) behaviour of one of the people you want to run this countries as ‘colourful’.
This is the same filthy grub who tried to fit up Michael Kirby as a curb crawler in a public vehicle.
Why he keeps being elected is beyond me.