Tom Dusevic wrote an article Twists in a Labor family tree on 9 June 2012. It shows an extraordinarily complicated set of relationships throughout the Labor family. The complicated relationships still do my head in. I started to draw a family tree, but it made Barry Jones’ famous ‘spaghetti’ diagram look simple. Is there a word that describes this? Perhaps nepotism. But it supports James Buchanan’s contribution to public choice theory and the dominance of private interest in Labor politics. Dusevic’s article is a list of conniving, egotistical and greedy people who, unable to build a fortune in the private sector, extract rent from the public purse.
Here are their names:
Kathy Jackson, Craig Thomson, Michael Williamson, Mark Davis, Greg Combet, George Wright, Lindsay Tanner, Kevin Rudd, Karl Bitar, Mark Arbib, Alexandra Williamson, David Feeney, Liberty Sanger, Nicola Roxon, Josh Bornstein, Peter Slipper, Clyde Holding, Bill Shorten, Stephen Conroy, Kim Carr, Evan Thornley, Jeff Jackson, Tim Lee, Bernadette O’Neill, Struan Robertson, Criselee Stevens, Matthew Burke, Steve Hutchins, Natalie Sykes, Mark McLeay, Katie Hall, Christa Thomson, Zoe Arnold, Tony Sheldon, Sarah Kaine, Chris Williamson, Darren Williamson, Monique Irvine, Cherly McMillan, Marco Bolano, Julie Gillard, Pauline Fegan, Chris Brown, Lloyd Williams, Peter Mylan, Carol Glen, Gerard Hayes.
Labor is our version of the Borgias. The only difference is that the Borgias were not members of a union.
Splatacrobat
22 Feb 13 at 7:40 am
We really do need our own edition of Discover The Networks.
nilk
22 Feb 13 at 7:47 am
Add Maxine Mckew and Bob Hogg (former ALP national Secretary).He was married to Caroline Hogg from 1967 to 1996. Caroline Hogg held a seat in the Victorian Legislative Council, and held various state ministries.
I’m not sure but there is a fair chance he is related to John Hogg current ALP Senator.
Splatacrobat
22 Feb 13 at 8:03 am
The only achievement Labor has truely been successful is reducing six degrees of seperation down to four; Labor Party,ABC,Unions,APS.
Splatacrobat
22 Feb 13 at 8:08 am
Splatacrobat – with all these hereditary Hoggs with their snouts in “Honest Eddie” Obeid and “Big Bill” Ludwig’s slops trough (aka the A.L.P.), could Piggy Howes be their love-child?
Maybe the interbreeding explains a few things about the “A.L.P. Family”.
Maybe they could request to be kept in ‘family groups’ when allocated cells in a few months time?
Up The Workers!
22 Feb 13 at 9:32 am
Unable to create their own wealth, their first resort is to steal the wealth created by others. The collectivist mindset is the mantra of the mediocre, the litany of the loser, the incompetence of the idiot, and the perks of the parasite.
Sirocco
22 Feb 13 at 9:49 am
Ah yes, “The two degrees of separation”.
You get the feeling that every time 2 Labor pollies meet they should wear protection.
Toiling Mass
22 Feb 13 at 9:50 am
Pinch one and they all squeal and turn to biting each other.
Beautiful to behold. Bring it on.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.
22 Feb 13 at 10:19 am
I’ve kept the list of names for two reasons.
1. Cancel their passports; and
2. It’s an excellent arrest warrant list.
Winston SMITH
22 Feb 13 at 10:37 am
Conniving egotistical and greedy … what about JOHN McTERNAN who isn’t even an Australian citizen and is paid by the public purse. I hope Abbott puts a permanent stop to gravy trainers like McTernan.
davey street
22 Feb 13 at 10:57 am
The Gillard government could only be the product of decades of inbreeding. Their gene pool is as deep as the talent puddle.
H B Bear
22 Feb 13 at 11:09 am
I remember reading something a while ago which went into similar detail. It pulled in names from a wider net than the HSU like Simon Sheik of Getup fame and other Labor luminaries. Who they were married to, related to, had worked with, etc. I wish I had kept the link as it was all incredibly incestuous so to speak
Fred Furkenburger
22 Feb 13 at 11:52 am
Yesterday Ray Hadley was having a chuckle after receiving a call from McTernan inviting him and Alan Jones to have drink with him.Both Jones and Hadley treated the invitation with complete contempt but were obviously amused at the level of Labor’s desperation revealed by the call.
Lew
22 Feb 13 at 11:56 am
break one, break all.
let the breaking begin
larrikin
22 Feb 13 at 1:46 pm
I wonder if McTernam thinks he’s doing a good job and things are going pretty well, or if he’s having self doubts. He’s put himself into a powerful position in Australian politics, like none before I think, and he’s not even Aussie.
candy
22 Feb 13 at 1:56 pm
A bit of chutzpah slipping The Slipper into that list.
The Liberal party is responsible for the overwhelming bulk of everything Slipper has taken from the public purse.
Grey
22 Feb 13 at 6:17 pm
Yea, the Liberal party “personally” approved it.
You’re such a moron, Greys.
Jc
22 Feb 13 at 6:23 pm
There’s one family tree you’ve left out SamuelJ.
Jc
22 Feb 13 at 6:24 pm
The alp are all shagging each other ,sometimes some of the “men” shag alp wimmin! Just for a change!
Borisgodunov
22 Feb 13 at 8:40 pm
The story “Who’s In Bed With Kristina Keneally” from the OZ was the real eye-opener for me. I never knew how bad the nepotism in the ALP was until that point.
Have a read…
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/whos-in-bed-with-kristina-keneally/story-e6frg6z6-1226026970457
tbh
23 Feb 13 at 1:57 am