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By Graham Young, published 8/7/2013Of course Kevin Rudd doesn't want a 'negative campaign', because then he'd have to justify himself. Instead he's trying to rerun the 2007 campaign.
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Posted by rehctub, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 5:23:38 PM
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How many column inches have been wasted 'telling' Kevin Rudd to call and election soon? Much as the opposition and many others would like it early and like to decide the date, one of the Prime Ministerial tasks is to choose an election date to maximise his/her party's vote. If Zippy thinks that will be November, we'll just have to grit our teeth and suffer until then.
Posted by Candide, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 5:44:31 PM
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Dear pedestrian and rehctub,
Before you judge things too harshly perhaps the following may clarify a few things: http://newmatilda.com/2013/07/08/why-pink-batts-scheme-failed It's an excellent article by Ian Macauley and confirms what my husband's been telling me. He's worked in the building construction industry as an architect, project manager, construction manager for over 40 years. Posted by Lexi, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 7:27:54 PM
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Thanks, Lexi, for the steer to the Ian Macaulay article and the knowledgeable and thoughtful comments appended to it. The wisdom of people who know what they're talking about, and deem it important to do so, goes way, way beyond the pink batts issue. Ignorance is bad, ignorance and stupidity is worse, but willful ignorance, stupidity and pride in it is a suicidal impulse that has its roots in incuriosity and threatens us all. It can still engulf Australia at the coming election, despite the bounce in the polls. This is why Mr Abbott is pitching for it.
Posted by EmperorJulian, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 8:18:02 PM
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Dear EJ,
Thanks for that. My husband tells me that Australians have created ideas and produced inventions that have been repeatedly rejected by our governments and businesses only to be snapped up by more progressive nations and businesses overseas. This has resulted in a huge "brain drain." And as a result has stopped us from moving forward, some say by as much as 30 years in some areas. Liberal/Coalition governments have been in power for longer periods - than has Labor over these years. Do we blame the politicians for our backwardness - or the people who elect them? Posted by Lexi, Tuesday, 9 July 2013 8:36:25 PM
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Interesting link, Lexi, thanks. Whenever I think about the pink batts scheme and those dreadful deaths I wonder how many other people have died unremarked doing similar work over the years, and we never got to hear about it because it wasn't a hot political issue at the time.
Posted by Candide, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 12:20:39 AM
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That's on monkey, the other one is the illegals debacle, another doozy of his own making.
To now shift his stance on this, is further proof he is simply out to try to win votes.
One can only hope there are enough people who remember 07 through to 13.