"I want someone I can ring up and intelligently discuss a problem or query with."
Then there's a problem as most Greens aren't capable of that along with some/many of them are quite young (look at the one that was on q and 1 last week!!!), the labor mob appears to lack intelligence and are parrots. Now would you really like to have this person as Health Minister:
"Between 1992 and 1994, Roxon was employed as a judge's associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron.[2] She then became involved with the trade union movement, joining the National Union of Workers as an organiser. Roxon was also an industrial lawyer and senior associate with the law firm Maurice Blackburn and Co. from 1996 to 1998".
Sorry, but IMO no qualifications for the position. (Having a mommy or daddy in the profession doesn't count!!!)
