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  1. Blueberry

    PETER COSTELLO: What Wayne Swan won't say in his 2013 budget speech

    I'll fully agree with you on the first point. (another failing of the TA maternity leave scheme is that it is not a parental leave scheme - failure all over really) . I do believe that the role of minister of parliament has to be flexible in order to allow a cross range of representation...
  2. Blueberry

    PETER COSTELLO: What Wayne Swan won't say in his 2013 budget speech

    They don't allow sick children with high fevers in childcare. A nanny maybe? I'm not buying into anything in this case. As I said, everything has been twisted on both sides. It is a distraction and not much more at this point. I'm saying I want women like her (although preferably of the...
  3. Blueberry

    PETER COSTELLO: What Wayne Swan won't say in his 2013 budget speech

    You say the same when people take time off for funerals? When they themselves are sick? Maybe they should just quit too?
  4. Blueberry

    PETER COSTELLO: What Wayne Swan won't say in his 2013 budget speech

    And I find it interesting that the response of the difficulty this member faced in juggling her career and her family was met with "maybe she should quit" under rather then "maybe she should lobby for better support/childcare/etc to enable her to work.
  5. Blueberry

    PETER COSTELLO: What Wayne Swan won't say in his 2013 budget speech

    Slightly off topic post on my part but perhaps the father needed to return to work? I'm not weighing into it as it has been twisted on both sides beyond all recognition of the truth. As to the poster who said to make polling over 40. I really can't see that as a good thing. I want those...
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