NEIL  MITCHELL ON RADIO STATION 3AW 15th November 2012

The Gillard government spin has reached a new level, and it is insulting stuff.

First, the government called in a magazine to interview the female ministers only, where they were asked questions about their sex drive amongst other things. Terrific.

Now, the first bloke Tim Mathieson has been trotted out for an interview and he sounds like the old-fashioned wife.

If there was a male prime minister with his wife like this, there would be screams of outrage. Tim gets up in the morning, does the Prime Minister’s hair and then sits on the couch watching TV. He regularly pours her bath when she gets home and brings her a cup of tea in the morning.

Imagine if Tony Abbott’s wife said that was how their relationship worked. He’d be portrayed as the old-fashioned sexist with the mousy little wife.