The point about corruption is, it doesn’t matter who does it, nor what their political allegiances and motivations might be, if they get away with it time and again then, the rule of law is systematically eroded. Each new group is emboldened by the success of the last.

While ever you want to play partisan games and claim that sitting there saying, “I don’t recall” was OK for one side, you are giving Julia exactly the precedent she needs for a neat little whitewash and dust hands of the whole affair. You are the one who is protecting her, not me. Think about that.

Michael Smith,who is an ex-copper (again, superb judgement from JEG in shafting him!) has reminded critics that all fraud cases require a meticulous compilation of evidence and a precise narrative.

This has now been pretty much accomplished – though the final pieces will be teased out by the escalating publicity.

She’s gone.

Usually, I end up feeling for public figures under pressure during scandals – even ones I don’t like – because I can see the human angle and regret what they must be going through. Strangely, I don’t feel that re Gillard. Her orchestrated smearing and calumniating of Abbott as a man who hates his own mother, daughters and wife is the lowest thing I’ve ever seen in politics.

Yep. I even felt the slightest twinge of sadness for Rudd when he was deposed. Gillard is a whole other kettle of fish though. She is so untrustworthy, dishonest and lacking in morals that I would actually enjoy seeing her carted off in a police wagon. She has brought the office of the PM into disrepute like really no other before her. Even Gough had his good points, but not Gillard. I can’t think of a single redeeming feature of her tenure as deputy or PM.

If a man gets a thousand head jobs from his wife, i’ll bet the one from her sister is slightly harder to forget.

Unless you’re Jack Thompson.

It also shows up Tony Abbott’s unwillingness to go for the jugular when he’s perfectly entitled to. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.