.... to get right in there AND strongly express this sort of sentiment.

Rrrrgh!!

Ah, Ludwig,
I hope you are correct. I share your concerns but wish he looked less like a caricature of himself.

From Mark O Connor on the Pop Forum:

A Productivity Commission survey (PC, 2011a.) of nearly 16,000 people
revealed that 64% of the Sydney community would not like an increased
population, 9% would like it and 27% did not know or did not care;
Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning
and Development Assessments, Productivity Commission Research Report Volume
1, p.28, April 2011; Source. Available from
http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/108840/planning-volume1.pdf

This clearly indicates a big majority of support for curtailing population growth in Sydney. Presumably most people concerned about this would also be concerned at a regional, state and national level and would be highly inclined to vote for Gillard if her government espoused limits-to-population-growth policies.

If Labor would just get their act sorted out and strongly, consistently and sincerely push a genuine sustainability-oriented policy platform, they’d zip ahead of the Libs in the polls, without doubt.

Now that Bob Carr is right in there, this has got to be real possibility.

Well…..here’s hoping at least.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/carr-backs-away-from-png-sanctions-comments-20120316-1v9o4.html

Not a good start.

Bob needs to control his motor mouth.

No, totally taken out of context. Too many people are ready to jump on him at the slightest opportunity.

Crikey, you have to be so careful about what you say when you’re in a position like that. Pffff!!

Sorry Shadow Minister, my response was a bit impersonal.

I appreciate your input. Cheers.