A vimeo on ‘Foxes and .

Not quite enough, LLoyd. As Simon Sheik himself claimd in an SMH interview on 19 June 2010, the average age of Getup members is 55. Most long serving Commonwealth public servants retire before 55, due to an actuarial glitch in the old super scheme that gives them a bigger pension if they do. So when he talked about public servants, I suspect he meant retired public servants.

In fact, every public gathering of lefties in Canberra looks like an army of eld. They even have their own uniform, Akubra hats, sun glasses secured around their necks, Kathmandu tops and corduroy trousers (in summer they switch to those trousers – also made by Kathmandu – that convert to shorts when you unzip a few panels).

More broadly, it’s actually possible for mature adults to separate their private views from their professional responsibilities and their pride in doing them well. I emphasise once again that I’ve know dozens of public servants who hated John Howard’s guts but served his Government with efficiency and effectiveness.

I’ve had close contacts with plenty of senior public servants over the years (including my brother who retired as a Deputy DG).

He got booted sideways once because he told his minister something she didn’t want to hear.

Numbers has a handy personal anecdote for any subject that comes up here. It’s really incredible.

He should think about getting his own blog. “The World, Everything In It, and How It All Relates To Me”. I’m pretty sure it’d be hugely popular.

I don’t understand why this is controversial.

Clearly all problems will be resolved by apointing more women to key positions.

Don’t know about the wimmin bit – so many are simply facsimiles of that Wong chappie.