For whatever reason the move by PM Gillard to not honour her agreement and proceed with poker machine reform has drawn stinging rebuke,
Stephen Mayne tweets
ALP Right told Gillard to sack Carr from Cabinet, ditch Jenkins as
speaker and then dud Wilkie. In return they block Rudd challenge. Awful
Putting up Craig Thompson to defend pokies backdown was crazy. Maybe pokies industry will now donate to his credit card account.
On ABC News 24 from 10.25am for some sober analysis of Gillard treachery and cold disregard for problem gamblers.
Have
just filed for Crikey with some detail on ALP's big Canberra pokies
operation and the obvious conflicts given proposed huge handouts.
Michael Short writes that
we cant trust Gillard any more
There is something going on in the community that some of our politicians, including the Prime Minister, seem to be missing, bunkered as they are in the battle for dominance of the current Parliament. So many people are seeking authenticity, a return to simplicity, meaning and community. It's there in the burgeoning not-for-profit sector, where as many as one in 12 people are employed. It's there in the vegie patches that are being planted in so many more back gardens. It's there in the outrage people feel about the treatment of asylum seekers. It's there in the explosion of writing and communication and creativity in what's known as social media, but is perhaps better described as open media. It's everywhere.
Both major parties have abandoned principled policy in a race to the bottom.
