I think its a good bet that she would have been briefed. If she did know her response in making the election statement was very silly.
The next few months are going to be torturous. I fear that labor may be able to get out of this. Not because they are better but because they can confuse and obfuscate.
TA should not start his campaign until 3 months before. If he is drawn into the tit-tat word games of the government they will surely trip him up.
