He’s baaack in the news. Had disappeared with the Howard government, but the inimitable Liberal staffer Dr Peter “don’t (or, rather, do) mention the war” Phelps re-emerges. Where there’s controversy, there’s Peter.
Working for spokesman on electoral matters Michael Ronaldson. Hopes for bipartisanship rapidly approach zero.
What ever happened to that other Liberal party mad staffer, Ian Hanke, who used to shave his head at the start of each election campaign?
On Lateline this evening, Tony Abbott twice referred to Phelps as a “junior staffer”.