Your observation: "...The bottom line is, that it appears if Labor has a discussion with a party, they(Labor) then assumes that what has been put forward is accepted.... " is a good one. But seeing as you restricted it to Labor it falls well short of an unbiased political comment. You could have increased the poignancy of your message by presenting further examples. For example when Little Johnny implemented his hated Workchoices ("choices" lol). Anyway in the final analysis you need to remember that governments are actually elected to govern. If things turn for the worse and Abbott (lol) Joe & Co. manage to form government down the track then in all probability plenty of Australians will have cause to complain about tin ear consultation.
