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Rudds claim two months ago:

As far as responsibility for any government program I as Prime Minister of the country am responsible for the good news and the bad news.

But now:

Hes been conspicuous by his absence in bad news announcements since.

So why did Rudd not front for the press conference yesterday to announce that his insulation program, which hed once trumpeted personally, was now dead? Heres Rudds explanation for sending out junior Minister Greg Combet instead:

He is actually the Minister responsible.


Source: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/