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Winning government from opposition: has Colin Barnett got a clue? : Comments
By Peter Tucker, published 15/2/2005Peter Tucker argues that governments lose elections, oppositions don’t win them.
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If it is the case that we vote out a government simply on "a feeling that the government's time is up", then where does that "feeling" come from, if its not through an aggressive opposition "taking it up" to the government on issues of interest to the electorate and ensuring they get a run in the media?
But I guess the federal ALP agrees with your theory, in rejecting Julia Gillard as opposition leader because she is too "big, scary and hairy-chested". Kim Beazley is merely "big" and not scary for the Howard government at all. A weak opposition, that will never "win" government, is just what the Howard government likes best. Thanks for setting us straight on that one.