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Lindsay Tanner was amazingly frank at the end where he spoke of his dismay with the way Labor is too short term-trendy focused, being constantly swayed by polls, trends, opposition scandals, etc, when they need to step back and direct their focus further into the future. Lindsay's concerns are now reality as the country's deficit has been blown beyond belief, the mining boom is past its peak, and the rest of us here squabbling like children over pathetic 'he says' 'she says' crap!

Kate Ellis would have won a lot of fans from the man haters though, as she was rudely spoken over repeatedly - but her academy award face-pulling was right on cue every time.

The audience - as soon as you see someone about to speak that has piercings, hair and clothing in an disorderly fashion, you pretty much know what is bout to spew out from their mouths. That girl in the green - was that the one with the ginger hair, big head band and nose piercing?