I would have avoided them too - they were there to protest.
As I recall, Mr Rudd was the Prime Minister who stated - "The Buck Stops With Me". There is a serious issue here - did he not speak with this family after the loss of their son? Honest question.... I don't know the answer.
He did not kill Matthew
No argument there at all..... of course he didn't - but his government was responsible for driving the program in the first place. Were the young man killed someone who was indirectly working for you.... would you close your eyes and hope it went away?
I'll let you in on a little secret mum..... I actually wrote to Kevin Rudd when he again made his email address available. (it was offline for quite some time) There were different policies that I certainly DID NOT agree with.... but I did genuinely like the man. I don't believe that there would be anyone, who actually watched his final speech from parliament house who would not have been moved by his compassion for the people that he spoke of - just as he bought such an interest to politics for soooo many people back in 2007.
Personally, I do not believe that the present Labor Party should continue to govern, after the way Mr Rudd was treated. Who's next to face the blade do you think? As I've mentioned earlier, I believe that the powerbrokers placed Ms Gillard in the hot seat in order to maximise populist opinion in the female part of the electorate. In doing so - they've exploited femininity disgracefully. Evidence of this? Well, let's start with an absolute minimal time for an election campaign to capitalise on the height of the wave.
Given the events of today, and the treatment of that family - perhaps I was wrong about his compassion. The meeting would have been taped most certainly - and I, for one, would have most certainly been impressed in seeing him address this particular concern. To have done so would probably seen as one of the most positive events of the present campaign.