In its pro-union policy and class warfare rhetoric Gillard has positioned her government with a backward-looking economic profile.
The conclusion is irrefutable - Labor has not won the political support justified by current economic conditions. It is a shocking failure.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/solidarity-with-union-movement-makes-julia-gillard-weaker/story-e6frg74x-1226624747248