tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post5719617818914944186..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71245956600041081052010-01-20T08:10:49.343+11:002010-01-20T08:10:49.343+11:00Abbott seems to be walking both sides of the stree...Abbott seems to be walking both sides of the street quite a bit, my prediction is that once the Budget is out there Labor will be onto the fact that the so-called "conviction politician" is in fact pretty wishy-washy.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-83497746505105088262010-01-19T14:46:25.038+11:002010-01-19T14:46:25.038+11:00There's always been a current of conservative ...There's always been a current of conservative commentary that accuses environmentalists of not focusing on real environmentalists issues. After 2004 some in Labor said Latham should have focused on global warming rather than forests, oddly the same who said this are now those (if we believe The Oz) bagging the ETS. Other Abbott problem is that admitting overallocation of water in unpopular with the keepers of the agrarian developmentalist faith who are well represented among Liberal and especially Nat loyalists.Geoff Robinsonhttp://geoffrobinson.info/blognoreply@blogger.com