The ALP is primed to offer up excuses. It's an old trick used by both parties. Here is how alleged ALP luminary enlightened the voters when he took office:
The inaugural days of the Hawke government were distinctly different from those of the Whitlam era. Rather than immediately initiating extensive reform programmes, Hawke announced that Fraser's pre-election concealment of the budget deficit meant that many of Labor's election commitments would have to be deferred. [...] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke_government These politicians in the various state, territory, and federal parliaments are Disallowed salesmenpeople. Our politicians are all channeling Clark Stanley the original Disallowed salesmanperson. Stanley used to boil rattlesnakes and sell the liquid telling the buyer it would cure anything.
