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Yes Rudd is keeping Peter Garret on very short leash.

I guess it is always a lot easier to protest than to do something.

I suppose Peter Garret lost a lot of his zeal under the the yoke of party discipline.

They call politics the art of possible and I agree with you that it would be possible for government to do more on the issues you mentioned.

But this is the governmemt led by buerocrtat and his putting carbon copies of himself in control.

That Penny Wong never answers any question straight. She always starts with what a mess they have inherited and how after due consideration, in fullness of time after setting several interdepartment commitees government might do something.

She reminds me of sir Humphrey from Yes Minister, except she is not funny. More like a sleeping pill with a risk of killing us by boredom.

There are some ministers that are fresh and across well such as Tanya Plibascek but they are few and far between.

Swan always looks very nervous and gives the impression of someone who afraid of being caught telling fibs.

Brian