Readers respond to Liberal criticisms of the teals and those who voted for them, and what the ABC can learn from Joe Rogan.
Paul Fletcher’s tirade against the teals as a “giant green con job” reeks of desperation and misses the point entirely . The Liberal Party’s catastrophic losses in 2022 were not the result of trickery but were a profound rejection by voters disillusioned with a party that has moved further to the right and abandoned the values of its traditional base.
A representative who has lived up to her promises, unlike members of our current government. Not for me a representative who will be hamstrung by the policies of party politics.It’s quite revealing how the federal Liberal MP for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher, in his speech to the Sydney Institute, fancifully asserted some form of plot regarding the community independents and formerly safe Liberal seats.
Having spent my working life as a lawyer, teacher and, most particularly, 20 years as a youth worker in Victoria’s juvenile justice system, I can assure every reader of the utter nonsense of the proposition. But one doesn’t need my experience to realise this. Ask any parent if their 10-year-old is less likely to misbehave just because the penalty has been increased. Very rarely, I would suggest.
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