what would labor have to do, page-4

That will just be a waste of time and efforts.

The independents will stay with Labor until election time in late 2013.

If you think about it carefully, most of you Tony lovers have been wishing that the independents will desert Labor for what Labor might have done or had done (your opening remark proves my point). That is a wish based on false hopes. Tony has not done anything to say to the independents, hey, look here, these are my policies and that's how my government can govern Australia better, instead he has been negative almost all this time.