He who pays the piper calls the tune

According to the Murdoch rag our PM has few if any options left, the narrative of both Peter Van Onselen and Glenn Milne’s pieces is that Kevin Rudd has one more Newspoll left in him (or two, according to Milne, if reality fails to play to script and the bar needs to be moved). Milne holds Murdoch's Newspoll in high regard saying

The next two Newspolls will determine whether a pre-election Gillard leadership is an absurdity or not

The Oz also quotes former ALP insider Keith de Lacy as saying that the party should dump Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as leader as he had become an

"item of ridicule".

ASIC are not amused by the media antics of the miners saying that they need to ensure they comply with continuous disclosure rules;

"The rules require that ... the market is fully informed and that the market is not misled," she said.

"Now it's up to directors when they make statements about their companies, whether it's in relation to the resources tax, that their statements are accurate and that all material information is given to the market."

Undeterred by ASICs direction Keith de Lacy, now chairman of Macarthur Coal, said that

the Rudd government's 40 per cent resource super-profits tax would have dreadful consequences for the resources sector, the general economy "and Australia's reputation as an attractive investment destination".

and that with regards to Kevin Rudd there is an

"enormous gulf between word and deed, between spin and substance".

"This has led to the terminal loss of trust and respect that is reflected in the opinion polls,"

Well maybe, but a recent online poll in a Fairfax paper reflected a differing opinion

And there are others that also disagree

The superannuation industry is disputing the mining sector's assertion the proposed resources rent tax will hit super returns.

The mining industry has said in its advertising campaign, that the average superannuation investor would be worse off if the tax goes ahead.

The Association of Superannuation Funds estimates the tax would have an impact of less than 1 per cent on the superannuation account balances of an average worker. The association represents a range of corporate, industry and public sector funds.