P,

By constructive I guess you mean those fawning sycophantic "questions" by labor stooges that enables Rudd to drone about endless trivia. It looks like all Labor MPs passed their 3 year TAFE course in pointless questions and talking without saying anything.

The liberals have release plenty of policies, as for costing policies, considering that Labor's budget figures (upon which the costing is supposedly based such as the mining tax delivering $2bn p.a.) have been wildly fantastical, there is nothing for the coalition to work with.

Considering that Labor have overspent every budget, Labor cannot claim to have one costed policy.

SM,

Are you suggesting that fawning sycophantic questions during question time by the government is the recent construct of the Labor party?

Fawning sycophantic questions by those in government have been the natural order of things for yonks. I sat through the exact same behaviour from those in the Howard government for years.

It's merely the way it's done.

My eleven year-old was watching question time this week - and I had to explain to him that the questioning would come in alternate fashion from government members and then from the Opposition - that one would be friendly and the next one would be unfriendly and vice versa.

SM in away my win has already seen me join the que and collect.
We may not win, it will be close we both know that.
Just as you and I prod each other verbally we know the true nature of politics.
A HIGH WATER MARK for the ALP this day, Rudd took out his verbal stick to thrash the NSW FILTH we will pay dearly for their actions , watch next months spotlight on them.
But at some level you know as I do Abbotts clean run is over Rudd like or loath is his match and more.
Gave the punt away after I left work can always break out.
I think the odds are about 5 to 4 on Rudd winning, because every day that passes sees Abbott falling over his own words.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/about-town/waxed-off-20130628-2p1a9.html#poll

P,

Rudd's inability to answer a single hard question from the opposition on issues of real importance to the country shows that Labor's policy cupboard is bare. Rudd has no new policies, no differentiation from Juliar, only a different talking head.

As for fiscal rectitude, all we see is new Labor spendathons on the horizon in Gonski and NDIS.

Belly,

Rudd was fired for incompetence last time, while everyone prefers him over the deceitful Juliar, no one thinks that he is competent to run the country.

TAFE is on it's dying days sadly Poirot. Not everything is a dig. You're really fired up lately

Houellie,

Yeah - it's probably hormonal : )

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SM,

"...hard questions....."

Well, no...it was more like the same old grenades filled with highly explosive faux-outrage that the Opposition have been lobbing with monotonous regularity and reasonable success during the last three years.

I doubt if they'll have the same sort of blast range now as they once had.

They're now required to fill them with something of substance.