"If Gillard had guts she would call an election on this issue,...

"If Gillard had guts she would call an election on this issue, and let our democratic people decide for ourselves"

If the Right were concerned about obtaining genuinely democratic mandates for big policy proposals, they'd be pishing for citizen initiated referenda in Australia.

But of course they aren't concerned about democratic input at all, because once 'Their Team' inevitably gets back into government, they would in turn be held to such a framework.

And this is why all the barking on this forum for a new election is an insulting and childish.