Rudd no more saved Australia from the GFC than you did. The govt helped as any govt would, given there was no debt. He was lucky the Libs fixed the countries finances up before hand. That " I saved the world boast was a PR media release promoted by the usual lefty media lot. People go on about Murdoch while the left wing media are every bit as bad or worse. He was the goose who wanted a mining tax just as the GFC and resource market was collapsing. He borrowed countless money and wrote checks to dead people. The guy bought in pink batts and that didn't end well. It is more to do with the stimulus that came out of china that drove the commodity prices back up. (It is happening again in some ways -why do you think Labor just ok'd Adani coal mine- they need the tax money to help with the debt) The US pumped money into the banking system and our dollar came off. There were many things that influenced a better outcome for the country than him claiming first prize.
'bloody-minded obstructionism' You mean Shorten?
Feeding greed of large foreign corporations? What a crock. The govt has had a couple of nice budget turn a rounds. That is something Labor can not claim.
Scomo did not Desert anyone or anything. Its not even his job to manage fires. It is the states and councils. More opportunistic crap from fairfax. Fairfax are the same guys who reckon smoke is climate change. They need to get out more often and try not to gild the lily so much.
