Lexi,

Most of us have the mental horse power to differentiate the different aspects of Juliar's policy farce.

Because a policy sounds good, does not mean it is. The mandatory pre commitment demanded by Wilkie has no proven efficacy, and even the productivity commission recognized this and suggested a trial period to determine what worked and what the consequences are.

To rush in with Wilkie's thought bubble is wildly irresponsible. And Juliar's first corrupt act was to agree to this against the interest of the Australian public to achieve the office of PM.

Juliar's second despicable act was to tear up her promise to Wilkie and then to lie about why.

I am glad Juliar scrapped the mandatory pre commitment, but to suggest that because my ends were achieved, that I cannot criticize the means is hypocritical of you.

If you wish to go off in a school girl huff that is entirely up to you.

So Belly, why then did she do the deal in the first place?

Also, what has happened to defend her backflip since she SIGNED the deal?

Do you honestly think she did not KNOWINGLY deceive the voters?

Now, do you care to answer these question, or, do you simply intend to keep avoiding the issues, or, will you go off with Lexi, take your bat and ball and run.

Rechtub, if I appear sarcastic it is not by intent.
Time after time in this thread I both answered and rebutted you.
Lexi did not retreat, I too should not feed you two.
One has no intention of seeking truth and the other no way of understanding it.

Which is you and which is Lexi?

Here is some more Gillard duplicity, the proposed Canberra pokies trial is a farce to inject money into ALP owned clubs and produce dubious results:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/a-pokies-trial-in-the-act-is-bordering-on-the-futile-20120124-1qfn8.html

"There are two good reasons why you wouldn't want to rely on the results of Julia Gillard's much-ballyhooed poker machine trial in the Australian Capital Territory: geography and history. Politicians applauding the mandatory pre-commitment pokies trial in Canberra don't have much knowledge of either, it seems. Alternatively, they do, and they're enjoying a little joke at the expense of pesky independent Andrew Wilkie, figuring Canberra's reliable Labor-voting populace will go along with just about anything.

Whatever it is, they're just about guaranteeing they'll reap suspect results from their one-year trial, which will cost a cool $37 million, almost all of it to go directly into the pockets of Canberra's numerous pokie clubs, the biggest of which are owned by the Labor Party and the powerful Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union.

Prohibition, in short, didn't work because you needed only to cross a border just down the road to drown your thirst, even if the road was hardly better than a goat track. The Gillard government says the poker machine trial will include a study of how much pokie revenue ''leakage'' might occur across the border, but you wouldn't want to hold your breath expecting reliable findings. Who is going to provide the information - the NSW clubs, who hate what the Gillard trial represents, desperate gamblers themselves, who couldn't care less, or public servants, who would have to take a guess?"

Just now Shadow Minister I am in the bad books with Lexi, we disagree on some issues.
My comments, unlike your own,are always what I truly think, even if wrong.
Gillard,as you know, is in my view a waste of the air she breaths.
A quite bright woman, but unfortunate not wise in her actions,and I can not be sure she is left right or center.
She has ambitions that are beyond her ability's.
So all in all my party, until they stop making fools of them selves, and this country,and Labor voters and remove her.
Are just as bad as your team, following Tony the mad Monk Abbott, a man if Gillard was not his opponent, would have trouble getting in your Cabernet room to clean it.
No understanding and balanced commentator,would bind ANY LEADER to trying to pass a policy put forward by some one he/she does not like and policy he does not want and use it to flog an opponent.
For doing just what his party would do.
If you want some one to insult,for having a view other than yours go a head.