The latest polling shows Labor to be well ahead. The public got it right at the last election, they've got it right in the current polls, and they'll get it right at the upcoming election with a Labor victory.

They know, that without Labor at the helm, we'd be deep in the middle of a debilitating recession at this very moment.

Dear Stern,

What have the Liberals implemented that has worked
so successfully? They lost the last election,
and their leader got kicked out of his electorate.
The current front bench is full of the same old
Howard clones with the same old
rhetoric that lost them the last election and as the
polls indicate they are lagging behind. They need to
lift their game - and give the voters substance
not the same old rhetoric!

It does the nation no service that we have such a weak and immature opposition.

Democracy works best when we have a strong, effective opposition.

Sorry benq but any answer that involves truth is near impossible for stern to answer.
Ever see the Fonz try to say sorry? bit like that.
Stern comes fourth at such times as this not to debate but to debunk, ALP.
Its is wasteful and achieves zero but if he/she is having fun in the mud box leave them.
Our fun comes as we watch increasing rash statements as fear over comes some conservatives just ahead of reality.
Election night? GGGGreeeat!

BENQ, You are so right he is simply painful. There really must be a cupboard they can hide him in, or maybe their scared he'll come out of it.
As for all the labor faction complainers, take a good look at the NSW liberals if you want a prime example of how factions destroy you. NSW liberals should have won government two elections ago. Every time come mid term they are a sure winner then just as the election comes they shoot themselves in the foot. Let's hope they don't stuff it this time things are beyond desperate in NSW.
As for Turnbull, you can call it head on but it was a solid public humiliation over a couple of weeks with leaks everywhere in the liberal machine. At least Rudd got it quick and clinical, no weeks of white anting. The surprise though was after non stop complaining about the bloke you all cried foul for him, seems you all whinge like your man Pyne.

Wasn't Pyne behind the "Big Swinging Dicks" campaign to toss out Julie Bishop a while back?

To suggest that the Libs aren't also ruled by factions is to ignore the "Wets" and "Drys", the "Small-L" Liberals and those other internal pressure groups that run the show behind the scenes.

I remember when a bunch of "wets" actually left the party to form the Democrats.