it is easy to see how the words, just flow of the lips.
what, if for arguments sake, gillard wa notified last year - eg december ), that nixon and evans were going to retire.. well, last year can sort of become a year ago.
bolt has an interesting comment - but if gillard know that senator evans was going to retire, then why bother giving the NT senator the boot. ok he senators are from different states - but there should be an aboriginal in west australia, who would like a senate seat. or gillard could have made a captains pick, and parachuted a aborigine into the safe labor seat that is held by roxon.
given gillards track record, then there is a good chance, that the only thing to believe, is that nixon and evans are stepping down.
and nixons achievements - agree, that the smoking thingy was good - but apart from that, she was pretty ordinary... and oh - nixon claiming that they had to spend heaps of time, fixing up abbotts mess - probably hust some clap trap, to try and brush away her failings.
