Bullies get away with anger unleashed in private
Adele Horin; 14/6/08
Belinda Neal is finally to get professional treatment for her temper. Other MPs and ministers should be joining her in the circle at anger management classes. Neal’s mistake was to behave badly in public, compounding a well-known pattern. But federal and state parliaments are full of members who behave badly in private. They shout abuse at staff, belittle public servants and intimidate those below them. Hothead ministers and MPs are not being frogmarched to counselling - their tantrums are thrown behind closed doors. The behaviour of these bullying MPs is just as unacceptable as Neal’s. The world is full of angry people. For too long, they have got away with terrorising waiters, spouses, employees, children and colleagues. Something has to be done to curb the bullies and help the hotheads.
Tags: Australia, Political, Relationships, Violence