"Pyne and co fed the rumour mills relentlessly whist labor was in power."
I think you will find that was Rudd, Gillard and the union-bosses leaking to the media and feeding the rumor mills to destabilize each other in the case of the failed Rudd/Gillard/Rudd clown circus, and for the union-bosses to maintain obedience from their stooges...
