http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/nick-minchin/ Senator Nick Minchin entered the Commonwealth Parliament in 1993 representing South Australia. He is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Howard Government for nine years and is Australia’s longest-serving Finance Minister. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-number-one-priorities-does-one-pm-need/ If Kevin Rudd made a New Year’s resolution he could have done worse than vow in 2010 to only say something is his number one priority if indeed he really means it. But to do so would throw a spanner in the works of the Labor spin machine, which remains obsessed with the 24-hour news cycle and opinion polls. A quick search reveals that Mr Rudd has nominated more than half a dozen issues as his supposed number one priority over the past two years and there are probably more. This tally does not include climate change which he of course described as “the great moral challenge of our generation”. It would seem Mr Rudd’s top priority changes according to the issue of the day that is running in the media, or the audience he is addressing. It is an extremely cynical practice and the most absurd thing is he must think nobody notices. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Nick Minchin) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-number-one-priorities-does-one-pm-need/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-many-number-one-priorities-does-one-pm-need/#item2108 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:54:52 +0000 Nick Minchin | Author bios | The Punch