Come orf it, Mendoza!

I'd be the last person to support the proposition that the Oz public health system is working for everyone anyone, but I have to wonder about the motives of John Mendoza, former chair of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health.

This is John last Friday in the Ballina Shire Advocate:

"He said Mr Rudd failed to listen to him, snubbed today's summit at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and ignored a petition signed by 80,000 Australians calling for $500 million boost to mental health funding."

This is John in a GetUp! email doing the rounds:

"On Thursday, I and over 60 mental health organisations from across Australia intend to present a letter to Kevin Rudd with a plan of action for mental health. But so far, the Prime Minister has declined to receive it, and so too has the Health Minister, Nicola Roxon."

WTF?
A couple of weeks ago a letter is sent and the PM hadn't yet replied? Yep, a scandal of the first magnitude.

Rudd and Roxon refuse to have this letter re-presented to them (presumably by the doughty John) for the benefit of the media? A shocking abuse of power I tell you!

Rudd ignored a GetUP! petition which is apparently only a few days old and delivered to Canberra last Thursday? My gawd, that defies belief.

John - take two aspirin tabs and lie down - your ego is out of control.

Pic of the boofhead from GetUp! website