This story today says it all for Gillard. It is exactly why the electorate hates her with such passion;
Daily, we hear of appeals of some kind for some unfortunate citizen or family in trouble, and then this;
The prime minister announced a $20 million two-year aid program, (to Burma) as well as the posting of a resident defence attache and a trade commissioner in Yangon.
The $20 million aid program includes funding for the Myanmar Human Rights Commission as well as a visit by Myanmar ministers to Australia to draw on the experience of mining experts.
Mining is considered vital to the Asian nation's future, but there are concerns about corruption, environmental safeguards and communities being displaced.
