You've gotta love the way Dudd tries to explain things. On the one hand he claims things have deteriorated on the back of successive interest rate rises and inflationary pressures (ie. courtesy of Howard) but then he claims that his government has the policy settings right ie. interest rates at their current level must be marvellous......lol. He also talks of problems overseas as though its nothing to do with him, only his predecessor......double lol.
Things do turn quickly. They turned as soon as the electorate starting listening to Swann, business started taking note of the new IR laws, health insurers and private hospitals caught whiff of the changes to medicare levy surcharges, our asian partners read of Dudds failed attempt at an Asian Union, Treasury and Finance leaked damaging information regarding government ineptitude, Fuelwatch popped a whoofer valve and the general populace digested this governments agenda. Business confidence and consumer confidence polls are taken today, not 12 mths ago.
