Oh, Gladys

I have a few observations to make about Gladys Berejiklian and her appearances at ICAC, which I am guessing many people will share:

*   she sounds like she makes for a pretty uninspiring "girlfriend" - not only very willing to diss the seriousness of a former lengthy relationship, but sounding so drearily bored with a lover's demands in phone calls that she would re-allocate money in a flash, just to make him stop bothering her; 

*   using the phrase "love circle" was rather cringe;

*   as Laura Tingle said on Insiders on Sunday, it's a bit (no, very) worrying to learn that such large amounts of money for essential services are capable of being allocated (or unallocated) in such a cursory fashion.   I mean, a few million here, a hundred thousand there; but $170 million to a regional hospital? 

*   those who thought she was a mere victim of love, so to speak, look very silly now.   Her instinct that her political standing was going to be irreparably damaged was correct.   She'll end up on the company directors boards circuit anyway, making money by looking serious.