siringo
Member
There's one group of facts all you guys & girls must bear in mind.
Tony Abbott is a member of a Rural Fire Brigade in a safe Liberal seat in Sydney
Brigade members elect the officer of the Brigade from amongst its membership
Having Tony as part of the leadership group would significantly raise the profile of the Brigade and assist in fund raising
Tony has NO RANK within the Brigade...
If your mates that trust you with your life won't put you in charge of a $200K fire truck why she WE trust him with a country.....
I would think he wouldn't be a dinky di member, he'd be more of a token member surely. He's probably also involved with most sports clubs in his electorate and/or place of residence I would suspect, as would many other high profile politicians on all sides of politics.