That the trade union movement is corrupt and therefore by association the labour party there can be no doubt. In To-days Australian, there is an article that raises the question of “noble cause corruption.” Because the aims of labour is to fight for the alleged exploited workers, which axiomatically is a noble endeavour “anything goes” What matter if a few hundred thousand dollars is misappropriated, we are on the side of the workers.

The instinct of labour is to survive the electoral battle, after all is not the party a noble enterprise. Rudd knows all this and knows to how to exploit labour ideals to further his own ambition. The Rudd objective: is to be PRIME MINISTER for LIFE.

Not so anti-green.

Ruddy only wants to be Ozzie PM until he gets the call up to run the UN.

He should be getting close now. hey must surely have noticed how shifty & devious he can be. The perfect qualifications for a top UN job.

Gah! I find the cynicism in the comments so depressing!

If Rudd's plan is implemented (and I hope it will be), one can only hope that a few people will be inspired to escape the shackles of their cynicism and involve themselves in politics in more positive and meaningful ways than writing snarky comments on anonymous online fora.

Cynicism is not cool peeps.

While I won't be rushing to join the ranks of the ALP, I would be very happy to see similar (and more) reforms from other parties. Who wouldn't want a say in who leads their party and, potentially, their government?

Window dressing. Any real reforms of the ALP need surgery not band aids. There is not the remotest possibility of Rudd going anywhere near reforming seven decades of entrenched union influence. He will however, dress his thought bubble up as “reform”. We know this because that is what he does with all his thought bubbles, just like the last time he was in office.

He didn’t go the distance then and he won’t now.

Rudd will lose by a more respectable margin than with Gillard and he knows it. All he wants to do is take out his revenge as leader in opposition, the last thing he wants is to win this election. He still won’t do much by way of reform but my God he will punish them for what they did to him. He can't drain the swamp as PM, too many crocodiles snapping at his bum. But after the election the crocs will be comatose.

The electorates will let him have his few months of glory as compensation for his pain, then it’s bye bye Kevin.