seagoon wrote:
Jodie Campbell, = maybe Elaine from Seinfeld, although not as smart! Jodie shold have been blonde. They have moved her seat in the reps now, no longer sits behind the dispatch box. I guess they did the calculation that Dopey vacant looks started to outweigh young and cute.
A recent article confirms the previous observation:
"FEDERAL Bass MP Jodie Campbell is no longer one of the Prime Minister's official cheerleaders. She has been moved from the "prime real estate" of Federal Parliament to the bleachers.
Ms Campbell was once a regular sight on the nightly news sitting behind Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the House of Representatives.
Above her was Franklin colleague Julie Collins who could be seen leaning across her bench to get in the background of the PM's camera shot broadcast on television and streamed on the internet. However, Ms Campbell has quietly slipped from view sparking allegations from the Liberal benches that Labor has lost confidence in her.
The Bass member has been relegated to the back of the chamber. Ms Collins has been moved front and centre behind Mr Rudd.
Chief Government Whip Roger Price yesterday confirmed Ms Campbell's seating arrangements were changed. Mr Price said the recent reshuffle and an increase in parliamentary secretaries prompted the move. "I thought it was a good opportunity for a change, so I moved a few people around," Mr Price said.
He said the MPs were picked to sit behind the PM because they were from the most marginal seats. Bass, held by just 2 per cent, is one of the most marginal seats in the country. "
The Mercury - Damien Brown