The Govenor-General makes his farewell speech tonight acquiring some airtime (10 minutes IIRC) from the ABC. I have to wonder why bother.

Does he wish to further explain himself about why he failed to remove a known paedophile from working with children? Perhaps he wants to reinfer that it was the child that was to blame and not the adult. Or maybe he wants to tell us again that he 'must not have heard the question properly.' Everytime he opens his mouth to explain he puts another size 13 boot into it.

Does he wish to apologise to the Australian people for being an international embarrassment? For apologies to have any meaning they have to be sincere - a genuine regret and desire for penance. But there is no real sincerity emanating from Hollingworth and his only regret appears to be that he got caught. Anyway, the time for apologies has long since past. Had he stepped down in early 2002, when the story was first made public, then his apology might have had some level of meaning above a superficial attempt to hold onto regal glory.

This man placed himself above the good of the office of Govenor-General. He placed himself above the good of the country. He placed his own well-being above the welfare of the victims. As far as I'm concerned he doesn't need another ten minutes of tax-payer funded airtime. His actions have already spoken loudly enough.