No not so we drifted a bit that I will grant you my beleaf in A new revitalised alp stands unchalanged.
And my view that new leaders such as Shorten and our Greg from the actu along with Steven Smith are that team.
However this union official fails to fit the mold of class warrior that many seem to find in the union/Labor movement.
That unrealistic view is out of a distant past.
Labor will continue to find its self in the center of politics the home of all Australian goverments, unions will find new strengths on the same block.

Belly reinforces the point. Blog ends.

It doesn't really matter who comes to power.

As long as Australians remain apathetic, self interested and willing to accept lies from their leaders, they will get the leaders they deserve.

Only when they start demanding higher standards, an objective media and a focus on things wider than the economy, will there be a chance of better leaders emerging.

The problem with the statement above is that the Howard Government, with the passive help of the ALP, is fostering a social environment of crisis. People withdraw into a kind of political apathy, all while playing up how well things are really going for themselves. But in this environment the popular will lashes out and destroys anything that the media can paint as 'elitist', even things such as the rule of law and human rights. This only makes things worse and entrenches these populist, and truly pathetic, leaders in positions of power. Such a nasty vicious cycle...