Being a woman, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood, Education and Child Care, I thought that the Hon Maxine McKew MP would  care what young children are exposed to.

 The reply from MP Maxine Mckews office to my first email (the day after I sent it.) and the reason why her office didn't seem too interested in my concern for young children was made clearer when I read the article below.


                                  On the Daily Telegraph website 13/11/08



and  ex teacher



  Published by Vulgar Press, the book - denounced by conservative leaders for having too much   sex and swearing - was launched by Mr Tanner in Canberra last month and again by star Labor MP Maxine McKew in Sydney.

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    An extract from the book. ( from The Daily he Telegraph website.)

Was there any alternative when a deliciously warm hand was masturbating me while another hand cupped my balls and kisses were orbiting my groin in ever-diminishing circles.

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Politics is all about perception,  writing a smutty novel isn't a role model thing to do for an ex teacher, let alone a sitting Member of Parliament, and for the Honorable Member Maxine Mckew to endorse it, isn't a good look either.

 After reading the above article I emiled a letter to the Daily Telegraph.

The next morning the letter had "made the cut" and was printed with a 4 column          heading.


 The Hon Maxine McKew MP. Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care. 




 

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        An article in The Sunday Telegraph 8/2/09
With Minister McKew's holding Benalong with a  margin of 1.4 per cent, the Libs a looking for a candidate to take back the seat

Community groups in the electorate last year accused Ms McKew of turning her back on the electorate since the federal election, a claim she denied.

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1.4 percent, not a big hurdle for any serious candidate 

Bennelong voters frustrated Maxine McKew is stuck in a non-speaking role within Government

"McKew may have missed a key part of being an MP. "Maxine thinks her job is to be Labor's ambassador to Bennelong rather than Bennelong's ambassador to Labor," one shrewd local political observer said. "She is too much focused on the party line.""

Not a good thing for a minister in a marginal seat