Would have thought. In fact you beat me to the headline - just heard it on the way home.
NOTE - Gillard deliberately cut off Bailleu's legs at the knees early in his new tenure - took away millions of his GST revenue - the income he's taken into account when formulating his election policies, and his first budget.
This is EXACTLY what Gillard's allegedly plotted - and she's done the same in NSW and WA - cut their GST incomes drastically, solely to make them look bad.
Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Or a ball gown out of a metre of cotton. Their monies cut to the bone - each Liberal Premier now has had to make huge re-adjustments to their original promises - the people of course are clueless about all this Labor chicanery! and so Baillieu cops it and does the best he can with what he's got (hasn't got more like it!)
told you Gillard's a master Machiavellian - she's not honed in on leading this country - or what's best for all of us! - she's just honed in on herself - and her own survival and vitriolic and constant spiteful point-scoring.
To his credit Ted Baillieu maintains his dignity, is a true gentleman, and hasn't whinged - but that's the truth - Labor either buys votes - or ensures their opponents fundings are cut to the extent of useless.
Ugly, hateful stuff. But what else can we expect of Gillard - master at the politics of personal hatreds and defamations.
If Baillieu gets beaten - so be it. What goes around comes around. Victorians will rue the day if they go back to more Victorian State Labor daily disasters. At least Baillieu can look himself in the mirror every morning - and sleep soundly at night!
