The Ugliest Attacks in Australian Politics

i was working in government, in the labor government, at the time. i on remember tha moment very clearly, was awful. And he ended up having to apologize. Only the thing is, he didn't really apologize. He expressed regret for the timing. But he wouldn't say that the comments themselves were insensitive. It was as thoughhe were aan aesthetic issue, nothing more. I think it's a remarkable thing that a man who could engage in such awful, ugly politics has gone on become prime minister and that incident is now a tiny footnote in his career. Every politician makes mistakes. O, you live a long career in public life, of course you're going to say things