Liberals are calling for our thoughts on how they can regain office.
Not they say how they lost it but ideas on what we think about current and future directions.
I am known to be ALP to the bone but have opinions and an understanding weak oppositions make for bad government.
Not bias but honestly held view on current form it will be a long time before their return to power.
Stop the opposition for oppositions sake, it grates on the public.
Fear does the same very few of us think not going to Japan on his trip was an act of war by Rudd.
The carers bonus, well it insults voters truly does, to highlight what Rudd might do but not admit no plans existed for it to be paid by a returned Howard government.
Last the NSW right surely must be contained? that it has not yet been done is evidence the task ahead is not yet achievable.

Belly

I agree that inept oppositions make for poor government.

How ludicrous to attempt to discredit Rudd for not visiting Japan, when we have issues of climate change, the crisis of indigenous people, resource depletion, development of sustainable living schemes, badly eroded infrastructure: education, health, transport, lack of support for small business and the list goes on.

Do the Libs still think they are on the election campaign? Their feeble attempts thus far would indicate they still think it is 2007.

The election is over, time to get on with their job as an effective opposition to keep the government on track and govern FOR Australians instead of corporations.

“How ludicrous to attempt to discredit Rudd for not visiting Japan, when we have issues of climate change, the crisis of indigenous people, resource depletion, development of sustainable living schemes, badly eroded infrastructure: education, health, transport, lack of support for small business and the list goes on.”

Posted by Fractelle, Thursday, 3 April 2008 9:08:53 AM

More to the point, what the hell is Rudd doing overseas at all when he has all of these problems to address at home!

Oppositions often fall into the trap of playing devils advocate on every issue - find the chink and exploit.

Whether the current federal opposition, or Simon Crean when he was Opposition leader, or Barry O'Farrell (NSW state) ... they all seem to focus on the negatives and avoid the positives.

What won a lot of votes for Kevin Rudd was his "metoosim's" ... the fact that he could accept that some of the existing policies were sound. The same happened for Nick Greiner ... he applauded some of Labour's decisions.

If an opposition leader is forever whining the ear quickly turns off ... the occassional compliment can go a long way to winning back those middle of the road voters who obviously agreed with the incumbent's initial campaign.

My two cents to Brendon Nelson would be to fix up your own house first - it's a long time before the next election and now is the time to have a good clean. For the state based oppositions review Nick Greiner and Kevin Rudd's successes - some me too's can be very positive.

Dear Corri,

I couldn't agree more. Brendan Nelson needs to fix his own house first. The Libs 'scare tactics' last election, and now their constant whinging, - plus Nelson's unimaginative 'sorry' speech, - all add up to a rather poor image.

Also, as Fractelle stated - they really need to realize that it is people that matter not corporations!

Yes, indeed!

The only reason Rudd was saying "metoo" is because he agreed to moving his party toward the political right. This is very bad for democratic representation. When you have two choices that are almost identical and revel in their own political rhetoric both wanting to be the mainstream 'centre', you essentially get a dictatorship. The average Australian is choosing between two oranges from the same corrupt tree.