I just love the annual Lowy Institute Poll and its 'Feelings Thermometer', don't you?
"Please rate your feelings towards some countries, with 100 meaning a very warm, favourable feeling, zero meaning a very cold, unfavourable feeling... "
"This year for the first time," says the Poll, in its gloss, Feelings towards other countries, "we have included in the same 'thermometer' question the three nations Australians have felt most warmly towards in the past: New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Each is very warmly regarded, and the separation between them is almost insignificant."
I just don't understand! Why isn't Israel included here?
After all, PM Harbourside Mansion (salary now almost $538,500) is on record as saying that we and Israel share the values of "ingenuity, resilience and hard work," and that "we have an unbreakable bond that is only getting stronger."
UNBREAKABLE, mate!
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And the lovely Julie Bishop in head cheerleader garb........
"Australia is disappointed by the decision of the United States to resign from the United Nations Human Rights Council," foreign minister Julie Bishop wrote in a statement.
"Australia shares many of the concerns held by the US about the UNHRC, particularly its anti-Israel bias, and we have consistently supported efforts to address other matters of contention." BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
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