gillard surges over abbott as preferred pm, page-64

For all Julia Gillard's errors of judgement, broken promises and private life prior to entering Parliament; drawing parallels between our PM and Adolf Hitler is just appalling.

Why appalling? Looks like fair comment to me.

Is there a rule that the PM, simply because of the office held, is beyond reproach but it's open season on the opposition? I thought they were still Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition so how about some respect for the sovereign?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_%28Australia%29