Friday, March 11th

There are a couple of quotes from TV which I want to write down before I forget them.  The first was on Clark and Dawes last night, when they did a spoof interview with Christopher Pyne.  'Christopher' couldn't answer a couple of questions and promised to find out the answers.  'What is Greg Hunt's job?' and 'What is the purpose of the Government?'

Alan Alda might be able to answer the second question.  On ABC Breakfast this morning he commented that he had once been asked to stand for a seat in the US Senate.  'I wouldn't know how to do it', he said.  'But you would get elected,' was the answer.  

So, is the point of government just to get elected?  John Howard might believe that.  He said on SkyNews this morning that the most important thing at the moment is to get the Turnbull Government re-elected.  Is he for real?  I imagine the 550 men who have just lost their jobs at the Nickel Refinery in Townsville might have some other priorities.  Or the people who have been ripped off my Comminsure.