Claiming sexism - really?

This was not a clever strategy by Australian Prime Minister Abbott claiming his Chief of Staff Peta Credlin is a victim of sexism. Firstly, the issues seem to be internal, not the opposition making any claims, secondly and most importantly, if she has an issue, she needs to come out and make a statement - she hasn't.

What he is effectively doing is telling the electorate he is leading his government in a similar vein to Julia Gillard. Broken promises, gender issues, all he needs is leadership speculation and we head back to a time warp. He needs to differentiate his government - he is not doing that in an effective manner. This is an internal issue that has been catapulted into the public domain - get it sorted and do it quick.