Have Labor successfully delivered any policy without a major...

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    Have Labor successfully delivered any policy without a major shift in view, an excuse, teething problem, major adjustment, etc?

    *computers for every student - no can do!
    *whale watching to take Japan to court - other than the bit about watching whales it never happened.
    *Rudd to take Iran to court - never happened
    *carbon trading - softened up on targets. Couldn't model a $ten bill injection but somehow could carbon trading scheme.
    *30 mill gift to Toyota while thousands lost their jobs at Ford and Holden
    *alcopop tax - did nothing to stop binge drinking so then argued the money derived was the result of an economically responsible activity.
    *grocery watch - pushed on through and saved shoppers nothing.
    *talk fest - claimed a success but still nothing acted on.
    *the now defunct first home savers accounts - discouraged it's use only weeks later with grant increases.
    *petrol watch - Pat Walker resigned after 3 months. Still waiting!
    *bank guarantee - rushed, botched and back flipped on. Not up for discussion in parliament.
    *save the Murray - paid millions for water that is only available in flood years.
    *10 bill spend up - in part a hidden response to compensating the hard line stance against raising pensions.
    *Budget surplus for infrastructure needs - no it was for tough times all along they were well ahead of the game!


    and that's probably the short list...
 
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