With an election due, be prepared for the most outrageous stunts, diversions and extraordinary character assassinations this nation has ever seen.
If you thought last year was a Barry Crocker, 2013 will put it in the shade.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is test marketing her campaign strategy.
Typically, it will be based on lies and a gross misinterpretation of history.
Just remember, there is a carbon dioxide tax and there is not a surplus.
That’s what happens to Labor promises.
As for the NDIS, introducing a Bill is not the same as enacting legislation and putting an idea that has bi-partisan support forward is not the same as presenting a fully-funded policy.
The Magic Pudding era is over for Labor.
The Opposition has put forward a series of workable policy options but everything they offer they do so with the necessary caution - they must staunch the reckless spending that has brought Australia into historic levels of debt before they can proceed to rebuild the nation.
