What a vote of confidence for Gillard
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1296 ... 7s-line-up
Big holes in Gillard's line-up
Labor is set to go to an election with gaping holes in the potential line-up for its next cabinet after Defence Minister John Faulkner announced he would go to the back bench.
"The two best ministers in the government are leaving it, and we now have a government with a lame duck finance minister and a lame duck defence minister," Mr Abbott said.
"These positions are too important, particularly with our troops committed overseas, particularly with the kind of international economic uncertainty that we have now, for the prime minister not to be able to tell us who will be the defence minister and who will be the finance minister after the election."