Interesting to see the latest Newspoll today in the Australian. It appears that Beazley failed to get a bounce out of his high profile policy decision to scrap AWA's. Speculation is growing that while AWA's are an issue that Australians are worried about, the vast majority of Australians don't think their personal situation is any different, or is better post work choices.
I can understand the reason Beazely has decided to make such a policy decision - in the short term it has shored up support for his struggling leadership within his party - for now. With the support of the Unions, Beazely has almost certainly guaranteed that he will contest the next election with the support of his own party. This is a policy decision that converts... the converted. Whilst the unions and traditional base of labor voters will be happy, I suspect that middle Australia will be much more sceptical.
Beazely now looks to be a man controled by the powerful influence of the union movement in his party. Middle Australia is interested with maintaining the current growth in the economy, and fears that Beazley and his union bedfellows will stagnate the economy.
I think once again Labor has made the policy decisions that pander to their base, and fail to win back the middle Australian voters that Howard has built his legacy upon.
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Ben I think you are really on to something here...I as well feel that Beazley should shed a few kilos and I think that your view that "fattys never win" is spot on. If more Australians thought like you Benny, this country would be in much better "shape" pardon the pun.....
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