A week of spin, division and incompetence
The first parliamentary sitting week for 2013 again highlighted Labor’s incompetence, division and dishonesty.
As MPs returned to Canberra, ordinary Australians were again reminded of Labor’s division and addiction to spending, spin and broken promises.
In the space of just a week:
- Julia Gillard and Labor confirmed that the budget is in deficit, despite previously promising and guaranteeing a surplus on over 650 occasions
- Labor also refused to rule out further tax hikes on superannuation
- It was revealed at the ICAC inquiry in NSW that Ministers Conroy and Burke had accepted free hospitality from Eddie Obeid
- Senator Trish Crossin had demanded a board or ambassadorial appointment following her dumping by the Prime Minister
- Craig Thomson appeared before court in Melbourne to be formally charged with 154 fraud offences
- The Prime Minister accused some of her own MPs of undermining the Government
- Kevin Rudd’s backers in Caucus continued to agitate for change in the Labor leadership
- And to cap the week off, Wayne Swan announced quietly this afternoon that the mining tax has only raised about 10% of what it was supposed to raise!
This is going to be a hell of a year for Labor.
