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| ABC raises ire of Coalition again after crude tweet about Abbott flashes during Q&A | ABC raises ire of Coalition again after crude tweet about Abbott flashes during Q&A |
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| The ABC’s Q&A program has invited further censure from the Abbott government by broadcasting a Twitter account name containing a sexual slur on the prime minister. | The ABC’s Q&A program has invited further censure from the Abbott government by broadcasting a Twitter account name containing a sexual slur on the prime minister. |
| The appearance of the account name @AbbottLovesAnal in the live Twitter feed of Monday night’s program – in which personal abuse of and by politicians were key topics of discussion – was branded “disgraceful” by one government MP. | The appearance of the account name @AbbottLovesAnal in the live Twitter feed of Monday night’s program – in which personal abuse of and by politicians were key topics of discussion – was branded “disgraceful” by one government MP. |
| Related: Mark Latham in foul-mouthed tirade at Melbourne writers festival | Related: Mark Latham in foul-mouthed tirade at Melbourne writers festival |
| The panel, largely former politicians, remained oblivious to the onscreen gaffe as they discussed, before a Melbourne writers’ festival crowd, matters including Mark Latham’s inflammatory appearance at the same event days earlier. | The panel, largely former politicians, remained oblivious to the onscreen gaffe as they discussed, before a Melbourne writers’ festival crowd, matters including Mark Latham’s inflammatory appearance at the same event days earlier. |
| NSW MP Fiona Scott retweeted a screen shot of the offending tweet targeting Tony Abbott, commenting: “What a disgraceful Twitter handle for @QandA to broadcast!” | NSW MP Fiona Scott retweeted a screen shot of the offending tweet targeting Tony Abbott, commenting: “What a disgraceful Twitter handle for @QandA to broadcast!” |
| What a disgraceful Twitter handle for @QandA to broadcast! #auspol pic.twitter.com/jOToWwVq28 | What a disgraceful Twitter handle for @QandA to broadcast! #auspol pic.twitter.com/jOToWwVq28 |
| The Abbott government only recently ended a boycott by its ministers of Q&A, having forced an independent review of the program in the wake of its allowing a onetime accused jihadist who had been acquitted of terror charges to ask a government MP a question from the audience. | The Abbott government only recently ended a boycott by its ministers of Q&A, having forced an independent review of the program in the wake of its allowing a onetime accused jihadist who had been acquitted of terror charges to ask a government MP a question from the audience. |
| On Monday’s panel, the publisher of Latham’s political memoir, Louise Adler, said witnessing the former Labor leader’s abusive rants during a festival talk was “really watching a man fall apart before you”. | On Monday’s panel, the publisher of Latham’s political memoir, Louise Adler, said witnessing the former Labor leader’s abusive rants during a festival talk was “really watching a man fall apart before you”. |
| “He was absolutely enraged, he was obsessive, he was paranoid, he was teary,” said Adler, whose husband Max Gillies was among those in he audience on the receiving end of Latham’s abuse. | “He was absolutely enraged, he was obsessive, he was paranoid, he was teary,” said Adler, whose husband Max Gillies was among those in he audience on the receiving end of Latham’s abuse. |
| “I felt we were watching someone in a really serious state of distress. It was a very uncomfortable hour.” | “I felt we were watching someone in a really serious state of distress. It was a very uncomfortable hour.” |
| Former independent Tony Windsor said he thought Abbott, who he had decided was unsuitable as prime minister during balance of power negotiations in 2010, remained “still quite lost” in the job. | Former independent Tony Windsor said he thought Abbott, who he had decided was unsuitable as prime minister during balance of power negotiations in 2010, remained “still quite lost” in the job. |
| Related: ABC moves Q&A to news division, but not until the end of the year | |
| “I think it became quite obvious, particularly when he was begging for the job, that he wasn’t up to it,” Windsor said. | “I think it became quite obvious, particularly when he was begging for the job, that he wasn’t up to it,” Windsor said. |
| “I don’t think he really, he didn’t then, I don’t think he does now, comprehend what he actually wants to do in terms of leading the nation. | “I don’t think he really, he didn’t then, I don’t think he does now, comprehend what he actually wants to do in terms of leading the nation. |
| “We see this sort of continuation of – and I remember him saying, I’ll do anything to get this job. It was about getting the job.” | “We see this sort of continuation of – and I remember him saying, I’ll do anything to get this job. It was about getting the job.” |
| Windsor painted Abbott’s predecessor Julia Gillard in a far more favorable light, describing Australia’s first woman as prime minister as an “extraordinary individual” who withstood intense personal attacks to lead the government through a hung parliament. | Windsor painted Abbott’s predecessor Julia Gillard in a far more favorable light, describing Australia’s first woman as prime minister as an “extraordinary individual” who withstood intense personal attacks to lead the government through a hung parliament. |
| “I have never seen an individual, man, woman or animal, that was subjected to the issues that she was, particularly in relation to her gender and body shape and a number of other things,” he said. | “I have never seen an individual, man, woman or animal, that was subjected to the issues that she was, particularly in relation to her gender and body shape and a number of other things,” he said. |
| Windsor said Gillard endured “some extraordinary abuses”. | Windsor said Gillard endured “some extraordinary abuses”. |
| “I saw her cry once. But I think she was probably one of the strongest individuals that I’ve ever met,” he said. | “I saw her cry once. But I think she was probably one of the strongest individuals that I’ve ever met,” he said. |
| Windsor said despite the abuse Gillard received, he would still encourage young women into politics as generally speaking “women tend to make better politicians than the men”. | Windsor said despite the abuse Gillard received, he would still encourage young women into politics as generally speaking “women tend to make better politicians than the men”. |
| Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh said she hoped other women who aspired to enter politics would focus on the ground gained by pioneering female leaders like her rather than the price they paid for being in the spotlight. | Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh said she hoped other women who aspired to enter politics would focus on the ground gained by pioneering female leaders like her rather than the price they paid for being in the spotlight. |
| “I called my book Through the Wall because when you go through the wall of something like that for the first time and to be the first, of course you get some scratches and cuts on the way through,” Bligh said in response to a question by as audience member. | “I called my book Through the Wall because when you go through the wall of something like that for the first time and to be the first, of course you get some scratches and cuts on the way through,” Bligh said in response to a question by as audience member. |
| “I don’t want you and other young women like you to look at the scratches, I want you to see the hole in the wall and jump through it because it’s absolutely critical to the health of our democracy.” | “I don’t want you and other young women like you to look at the scratches, I want you to see the hole in the wall and jump through it because it’s absolutely critical to the health of our democracy.” |