JOHN & BELINDA'S BIG NIGHT OUT

I MAKE NO SECRET OF THE FACT THAT MY POLITICAL VIEWS ARE TO THE LEFT. WHEN I WAS 20, THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY TRIED TO CONSCRIPT ME INTO THE ARMY. I RESISTED, AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT POLITICS. THE FACT THAT A GOVERNMENT I WAS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR , COULD CHANGE MY LIFE SO RADICALLY, REALLY GOT UP MY NOSE. I HAVE VOTED LABOR AND OCCASIONALLY GREENS IN THE UPPER HOUSE EVER SINCE. I WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE DOING SO UNTIL SOMETHING BETTER COMES ALONG. I LIVE IN WOY WOY, ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES CENTRAL COAST OF AUSTRALIA, AND SO DO THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE ABOVE. SHE IS MY LOCAL FEDERAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, HE IS A MINISTER IN THE NSW PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE MARRIED, AND ARE A POWERFUL PAIR IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS. YET ACCORDING TO MANY REPORTS, THEY BEHAVED DISGRACEFULLY AT A LOCAL NIGHTCLUB, THREATENING TO CLOSE THE PLACE DOWN, THREATENING STAFF THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS AND GENERALLY MAKING COMPLETE MUGS OF THEMSELVES. "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" IS AS BAD A THREAT AS "I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE" IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY TRUE, I FEEL VERY BADLY LET DOWN. MAYBE THEY SHOULD MAKE SOME "WORKCHOICES" OF THEIR OWN.