Newspoll slump puts Labor on notice

[mellie]

Fighting the Coalition over carbon and the Greens over values, Labor's ratings have slumped in the latest Newspoll.

The PM's diary: Julia Gillard is visiting a gas-fired power station run by Origin Energy in Queensland's Darling Downs region today. The PM will arrive at about 10.30am this morning. She will spend the rest of the day in the region, and finish her day in Brisbane.

Tony Abbott is on day four of the Pollie Pedal. He stopped at a dairy farm in Dorrigo at 5.15am this morning, gave an interview to the Super Radio Network's Grant Goldman, and then hit the road. Today's ride will take Abbott and his team from Dorrigo to Armidale, about 150km.

Pop-in: Capital Circle hears that Kevin Rudd's chief-of-staff, Philip Green, made a fleeting five minute appearance at an official function at the Thai embassy in Canberra on Sunday. Perhaps Mr Green was helping Mr Rudd fine-tune his Q&A appearance?

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6033755279



Meanwhile, I got my first 'Origin' power bill yesterday....(formerly Integral)

http://www.originenergy.com.au/news/art ... eases/1253

Keneally gone, but not forgotten.

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation ... 6034085525

Kev tears his own party a new one

Julia Gillard's 'government visibly falling apart on live television'
JULIA Gillard is accusing predecessor Kevin Rudd of revealing private ministerial conversations and is refusing to match him.
The Prime Minister today said she did not believe it was proper to "discuss confidential discussions between cabinet colleagues".

Ms Gillard was responding to questions about statements by her Foreign Minister, Mr Rudd, last night when he said some ministerial colleagues had wanted to "kill the ETS as a future proposition for the country".

"I couldn't abide that," Mr Rudd told ABC TV.

Shadow attorney general George Brandis today said Mr Rudd had been talking about "deep splits within the cabinet over a flagship policy issue".

"I have never seen ... a government visibly falling apart on live television," said Senator Brandis.

The former prime minister had not revealed confidential discussions which had taken place in cabinet meetings, sources supporting him told news.com.au today.

The sources said Mr Rudd was referring to conversations outside the cabinet room with ministerial colleagues.

However, on the program he did say it would not be "stretching the truth too far" to say the option of dumping the ETS had been discussed in cabinet.

One source said Mr Rudd had taken the opportunity to show he had given thought to how he had run government and acknowledge some errors.

His soul searching, however, has not pleased all his colleagues. Whether or not he revealed cabinet deliberations, some Labor colleagues believe he blabbed on unnamed ministers.

Ms Gillard today said she had on "a number of occasions" answered questions about whether she had lobbied for the ETS to be dropped about 12 months ago. She said: "I'll leave that to the historians".

"I've answered that question on a number of occasions and I'm going to give exactly the same answer today," Ms Gillard told reporters.

"I do not believe that it's proper to discus confidential discussions between cabinet colleagues.

Juliar showing how she lives up to her name.


Hurry up and fucking implode you useless fucks. The country can't afford your uselessness anymore