"We will go and talk to the industry in good faith about the DESIGN of the tax, that's what we said we would do from day one," he said.
This is a pure lie. It was never mentioned once before Rudd was dumped - it was all about "generous transitional arrangements" etc.
Labor knew Rudd could not do another backflip so he was finished either way. Labor had to dump all of the responsibility for the disasters onto Rudd so the new leaders could come across as fresh and appealing.
