McKenzie's fumbling exit plays badly for government

By Sunday afternoon, it was outright frustration from many that it had been allowed to go on so long.

While some will see McKenzie as simply the scapegoat of an entirely unsophisticated scheme, it should be noted her rapid rise to a position of leadership in late 2017 was itself courtesy of a string of bumbling mistakes within the National Party. Having never served on the frontbench, she was parachuted into Cabinet despite a number of colleagues having grave misgiving about her capability to manage a serious portfolio.

Colleagues were worried that the young staff members appointed to work for her would not last the distance. Even as a backbench senator, her employees turned over at an incredible rate.Every few weeks there was another story in the media about an egegrious misuse of taxpayer money for a VIP jet on a jaunt to Queensland or Perth for some sports event at a cost of thousands of dollars.

AmyRemeikis rharris334 Criminal

rharris334 That's how arrogant she is.

rharris334 And that’s what’s wrong with politicians today, they don’t even recognise wrongdoing; they’re so out of touch

rharris334 Don’t ya think you’re focussing on the wrong person? We do.

AmyRemeikis rharris334 Translation; she’s a nitwit! “Having never served on the frontbench, she was parachuted into Cabinet despite a number of colleagues having grave misgiving about her capability to manage a serious portfolio”

rharris334 Self interest is more important to her. Clinging on is disrespecting LiberalAus ... step aside & allow a thorough investigation.

rharris334 auspol She will be our new Ambassador to New Zealand so she can stay on the public teat. Failure gets rewarded.

rharris334 Analysis: We don't have a public service any more in Australia. We have a secret mafia-style organisation of Hollowmen that run a protection racket for CrimeMinister Scott Morrison and his ministers, sacrificing McKenzie to protect the rest sportsrorts auspol

rharris334 Good riddance to corrupt trash.

rharris334 'I was only following orders' - Nuremberg.

rharris334 this is rubbish. Poor little Scotty? She's inflicted damage on poor helpless Scotty? The PM could have asked for her resignation ages ago - except he has now left wide open that is in it up to his rapidly blinking eyelashes.

AmyRemeikis rharris334 Umm, she didn’t go ‘cause she had the goods on ScottyfromMarketing. So the messy coverup ‘deal’ results. Are political journos these days stupid or just too young, as in inexperienced?

rharris334 A genuinely awful person who refused to vote for gay marriage despite having a gay bother.

LyndsayFarlow rharris334 Hatchet job on McKenzie here - suggests problems retaining staff, concerns about her competence before this blew up via rharris334

rharris334 The only way to resolve this, is with an election.

rharris334 Will she be hiding behind a white board in the senate ?

rharris334 What is this nonsense, she didn’t quit earlier because she was doing as she was told.

rharris334 Looking at girls in th shower room is what ScottyfromMarketing wants! Not Mossman, PoloClubs, marginal seats? This is government as usual!

rharris334 Written like a true liberal. Now all of a sudden everyone was complaining about her. How the reporting has changed. You say in the last paragraph 'for a minor offence.' Have you not listened to the people? This offence is the lowest of all acts! This is not respectable reporting!

rharris334 She only implemented the rort which was undoubtedly approved by Morrison and others

rharris334 The corrupt never see their own corruption.

rharris334 CrimeMinisterMorrison threw a woman under the bus. What a surprise 🙄 Morrison up to his eyeballs in this sportsrorts

rharris334 So she'd be totally fine with Labor doing the same then?

rharris334 Libtards just dont do accounting

rharris334 White privileged entitled oxygen thief sportsrorts

rharris334 Did Morrison himself write this?

rharris334 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

rharris334 Neither did the Prime Minister....

rharris334 Quota chicks.

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