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Is Labor doing enough in the leadup to the next election?
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That old saying about governments losing government rather than oppositions winning is highly relevant next year.
Bracks being returned is a good example of the above. So too Howard in the last election.
Should we see a change of leadership in the Labor Party it will need to be at the very beginning of next year at the latest - or over the next few weeks before Christmas.
Howard will run at the next election but I sense he will do this only to retire soon after (if they win). He understands that this announcement alone will be critical to perceptions of his government. Costello is not out of the picture as some like to think.
Beazley needs to go and go now for a cleaner transfer of power. But because he lacks the political acumen to understand his own fallibilities it looks unlikely that he will jump or be pushed. While I doubt that Rudd has the cut-throat skills required to overthrow Beazley he will happily let others do it.
I say watch the state premiers, they may finally see winning government at a federal level as important to the national interest – instead of their own political careers.
I live in hope, that’s all we have.