was right to vote against it: the first person who is sent to malaysia who either dies, is hurt in a fight, is beaten by a guard, or merely claims mental harm and Gillard and Labor would point to Abbott and say "blame him". 5. East Timor policy on the run: a joke, shameful and exasperating cock-up of policy. 6. Queensland Flood levy: it has since been determined that the Qld government could be he;d liable, and they (the Bligh mob) failed to account for this and take out insurance. yet we all have to pay for Qld ALP stuff-ups. 7. National education standards: a good idea ruined by bureaucracy and Labor politicisation of education. Yeah....little for Labor to cheer about! As for the potential difficulties RE Abbott and a hostile senate, well the senate might engineer a double dissolution which could result in their power being broken. Now, the senate should act in accordance with the Lower House and pass needful legislation for the nation, not stymie on party political grounds. morrgo : 03 May 2012 9:15:02am It is a self-serving false claim that the Australian electorate judges women leaders by different standards. The Australian electorate judges leaders in a political mess by the same standards, regardless of gender. However, the ALP has a habit of picking female leaders when the blokes comprehensively messed the situation up, and the female leaders then take the rap. Case in point is Anna Bligh's election in 2009 with a commanding majority, despite