Belly,

According to the Nielson ratings, Labor looks as though it is circling the drain, with only one voter in 3 willing to vote Labor. In order to try and win the centrist voters it has compromised its promises and principles to such an extent that nearly a quarter of its original voters have moved to the greens.

Now even some of the union support is moving to the greens, and the more Julia moves to appease the greens, the more she gets hammered from the liberals.

As I predicted, Labor is in the biggest wedge of its life, and the constant compromises and backflips are eating away the trust from either side of the electorate.

In changing the subject of your thread Shadow Minister you seem to agree with my last post.
Bit hollow saying the greens have about 25% of Labors votes.
Those lost left unions do support the greens, they are even less in numbers than greens.
It is true, greens have been around a while, always had about 5%
My dysfunctional party gives up about 8% to them.
But in reality you know, I know, the world knows polls mean very little so far out from an election.
Yes Abbott leads the 2 party preferred by an election winning number.
That number however did not Win big Kim office.
Your inability to gaze at your own navel or your party's lets you over look how your leader went in that poll.
By the way at 10 am tomorrow it will be one week from the time I ended my time as official in our country's greatest union.
I however till death will support it and be proud to have been part of it, and to have gone down standing up to a rude ,controlling boss out of touch with his workforce.

Shadow Minister, I see you've been unable to stick to the topic. I have proven that your "backflip" comment about the Murray Darling Basin Plan is TOTALLY FALSE. So what do you do? You move on to other things.

At least all readers now know you're a "spin" merchant, to whom truth is irrelevant.

Samsung,

Perhaps you should read this.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/julia-gillard-promises-to-stick-to-murray-darling-basin-authority-plan/story-fn59niix-1225903313049

"LABOR will buy "whatever is necessary" to implement the Murray Darling Basin Authority plan and return more water to the river."

I am talking about commitments before the election, not the modified ones afterwards. Before you use such strong words as "proved" you should check your facts and at least try and provide a scrap of evidence before you put your foot in it.

Other wise you will join Julia Gillard as someone whose word is worth nothing.

8 months ago, before the rain the Murry Darling looked headed for its death.
Even longer ago John Howard showed interest in its future setting up an inquiry.
We have had rain beautiful rain, unexpected but so very good.
Who doubts we will return to drought one day.
Who thinks we can continue to sell more water from this system that it can give up.
75% said in a recent poll we should fix it, few who oppose fixing it understand no one will get water without regulation.
SM surely you know? you can not be taken as some one who is interested in any thing but spin.

Belly,

At what point have I said that nothing should be done? Setting up a straw man by putting your interpretation on my intentions and then attacking me for them is the worst form of spin. This thread is about Julia Gillard's government backing away from its promise to buy back water. Where on earth do you get that I want nothing to be done?

Julia Gillard claims that because it is cheaper to buy water that this is the only solution they would follow.

The liberal plan to spend more to reduce evaporation to deliver most of the requirements would both save water, not damage the rural communities, and keep the bread basket of Australia going.

I can see why Julia Gillard delayed the publishing of the draft report, as she would not be PM today if she had.