Too funny.

Only a Shadow Minister would come out with that one - Gillard couldn't win if she compromised or if she stood fast as CJ rightly points out.

If Abbott had done it you would be on OLO admiring his high-level negotiation skills.

That is what is called a negotiation which should have happened in the first instance for what is basically a fair and good idea, one that BHP was willing to discuss prior to the announcement but was ignored.

Well, I think that Julia deserves a gold star here :)

Life is about compromises and she's shown that she
can cut a deal, where everyone comes out ok.

Kevie made the crucial mistake of listening to Henry's
word as gospel, rather then listen to a number of opinions.

If he'd sat down with Kloppers and discussed these things
before announcing his Super Profits tax as gospel, all
this drama could have been avoided.

Holy Flying Pigs, Batman.

I agree with Yabby.

Not to worry, probably won't happen again.

As I said when the tax was *first announced* that there was too many undefined parameters to get excited about the tax. I made the point that it was all about negotiation and by the time it got to parliament would be different. To me that was as predictable as day follows night.

Rudd would have compromised in the end, take a look at what 'twiggy' Forrest has said.

I don't believe that the Labor trolls were the only reason for Rudd's demise.
The factors included
- his hairy chested painting himself into a corner because of his style.
- the opposition because it played tawdry hypercritical politics.
- the public because it believed the numb nutted Liberal scare mongering

Shadow Minister great!
I get a kick out of the lost and uninformed nature of your posts.
Julia did what Rudd should have, and won an election doing it.
Have you considered running for leader?
Polls at the end of this month are the tipping point.
Reality may unseat Rabbott.
Your mob will have to confront 3 more years of mud throwing or put Turnbull and Hockey up to say sorry and do much better than Rabbott.
Again thanks, your increasingly unrealistic posts charm me, well done.
Go Julia you good thing.

Well I to think madam PM has done well in that she has seen the need for compromise.

She has also made the tax 'non-retrospective' which is a good thing as well.

What I am concerned about is whether she has made the 'cut in rate' at 7% above the gov bond rate, or, whether it is simply now at 13%.

Surely she is bright enough to have chosen the first option.

Now all we have to do is work out where they intend to find the money needed to fill the void left from the original 'super tax' revenue.

Any guesses?