The thread interests me, it is to me the raw pain and refusal to understand Australian voters we are going to see much more of from both this conservative voter and many more.
It was not the left or even Labor that stormed the lodge, they may have started the first stone rolling but it was former Liberal voters that fired up the landslide.
Middle Australia rejected lies, fear, and 3 years of lost opportunity's from a warn out morally bankrupt team.
To fail to understand that is to not be in touch with voters.
To ignore it is to remain on the opposition bench's for a very long time.
To wait for Kevin Rudd to do a John Howard, forget his voters is to wait in vain.

As stated you should have read the policies on the ALP website where plenty of details were available for the world to see.

The media in general did a woeful job of reporting the election because they focussed on 'gotchas" to avoid analysing anything other than pre-conceived notions.

An example is the stupid mantra of $31 billion tax cuts when no such policy exists. There is a tax cut legislated and rammed through the senate that starts on 1 July next year, then there will be minor cuts for the next 2 years and then 3 years of "maybe" which is clearly articulated in the policy, yet the media insist on the mantra $31 billion in tax cuts.

Howard took "murdering refugees" to one election and called it border protection, in another he pretended he could control interest rates and gave us serfchoices.

He has no legacy and Rudd has achieved more in 2 weeks than Howard in nearly 12 years.

Look at the posts in threads here in the last 3 months before the election.
See conservatives clearly taking the electorate for granted.
You will see just a glimpse of John Howard's last term in office.
You may wish to avoid it but he lost his seat, and by a landslide that made Lathams look small, his government.
Do not devalue the will of Australian voters.
And never forget Howard earned his end.
workchoices? so many still refuse to try to understand its intent and of more importance its impacts.
It hurt low income earners it divided Australians.
It unmasked Howard.
Rudd will not ever have such an own goal like it or not workchoices gave us a true conservative leader and he will leave office far better placed than Howard.
If I could have one wish it would be to sit and read about Howard in 50 years, history like voters will not Be kind to the bloke.