hawke certainly surprised with his trade union background .. hawke was head of the actu. rudd fooled us, with his "proud to be labeled an economic conservative" etc - but gillard is a real fabian socialist.
gillard is picking fights with everyone - all except for the unions. unions are getting all sorts of concessions.
apparently in all of the nielson polls, since the last election, the coalition has been in front. with only 31% of the primary vote - which seems to be pretty entrenched - it seems pretty hard for the labs to win the next election.
notice, that all leadership issues are in the labor party - abbott is under no pressure
