Anonymous asked: Oh I wasn't insinuating you pulled some strings! Just interested.
Happy to talk about it more in-depth if you want. justinpatrickbarbour@gmail.com
Anonymous asked: Oh I wasn't insinuating you pulled some strings! Just interested.
Happy to talk about it more in-depth if you want. justinpatrickbarbour@gmail.com
Anonymous asked: What does white anting mean?
What do white ants (termites) do?
Anonymous asked: How did you hear/know about the job?
It was advertised on the Victorian public service website. I agree that knowing somebody who is already in the organisation helps, but that didn’t apply to me. I knew very few people in Victoria, much less people who worked in the public sector.
Anonymous asked: Why do you support the Labor party? They have killed Australia.
Hey troll, lets play your game: kill yourself.
Anonymous asked: You don't have to talk about what you do, but how did you get the job? A website? Just applying to ads in the paper? Through a connection?
I applied for it, attended an interview, and received a job offer. It’s an entry-level role so not that difficult to get.
Anonymous asked: What do you do for work? Are you still studying as well?
I’m still studying law part-time, and I work in the public service.
Anonymous asked: Isn't it funny that those that complain the loudest about Rudd "white anting" Gillard, are also those that frequently degrade the only person in two decades that has lead them to a majority?
Loyalty is important, but so is preserving and building on our important reforms.
Anonymous asked: You were a lot more fun when you were a Young Liberal.
I was never a Young Liberal, or a member of the Liberal Party or Queensland LNP. I was a classical liberal, and as such I had no political home. As soon as I started to critically look at those views I started to drift away from them.
Anonymous asked: Lover when are juuuuu moving back to Queensland? There are people who want to get drunk on Dr Bombay with you and make fun of poor people. I imagine.
Dr Bombay is literally just what the doctor ordered. (Doctors should be able to prescribe gin).
Anonymous asked: So if Billy doesn't switch and you get stuck with Gillard, you're going to eat the shit sandwich and pretend that Gillard is the best person to unite behind, aren't you?
I will be voting for the Labor Party either way, to preserve the reforms we’ve pushed through and to build on them. I’ll also be campaigning as much as I can for the Party in the lead-up to the election because I think we have a great story to tell. My view on the leadership seems entirely immaterial to that.
Anonymous asked: Gillard must resign and announce she no longer believes she should continue in the job, for the benefit of the nation.
I have an enormous amount of respect for PM Gillard, and believe that she will be remembered by history as one of the greatest. But what I think doesn’t matter; I’m not a swing voter (like most people), and that is ultimately what we must consider.
Anonymous asked: I bet you can't wait for September so you can secretly vote for Adam
Well that seems unlikely.
Anonymous asked: Everyone keeps saying that Rudd probably won't win either, but everything that Abbott has relied on to survive will be gone, all of his tactics over the past few years out the window. Thoughts?
Some of his tactics will lose traction because much of his strategy has been personally directed at PM Gillard. I blame this solely for the lowering of political standards in this country. But I also have no doubt that the Coalition has a dirt filing cabinet full of material to use against PM Rudd.
Anonymous asked: FUCK RUDDMENTUM. That rat bag should not be rewarded with the leadership after what he did during the election. Fuck him.
I do not believe that it is sensible or prudent to go into an election knowing that we are going to lose everything we’ve achieved knowing that we have an alternative that we will not call upon because … um, “fuck him.”
Anonymous asked: Have you ever, ever felt like this? When strange things happen, are you going ruddmental?
Goin’ round the … uh, twist … of RUDDMENTUM.
