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Mad or not, Kevin must fight for the mining tax

13 May 06:00am

Filed under: Election 2010, Kevin Rudd, Mining, Politics, Super Profit Tax

If you hadn’t noticed Kevin Rudd and his Government are in a bit of trouble at the moment. A perception that they can’t be trusted to implement actual policy change and are willing to break election promises with bureaucratic abandon has begun to take hold in the electorate.

If there were a movie about the mining tax ideally Rudd would be played by Klaus Kinski

It is has been further complicated by the decision of the Government to introduce the 40 per cent super profits mining tax which - if you believe the only poll taken on it thus far - people are yet to be convinced by.

But if I was to place microphone headset on, roll up my sleeves and fire up a highly inspirational PowerPoint presentation for the Prime Minister I would say this: it’s time to not just pick a fight Kevin, but pick a fight and win it for once.

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Ray says:

10:48pm | 16/05/10

The Govt has fooled the media and voters by using the mining tax as a major distraction from the massive budget deficit that it has incurred thanks to its wild negligent unproductive spending. The Opposition must continue to exploit this out-of-control spending as proof that the Govt cannot be trusted… Read more »
Try Harder says:

07:30am | 16/05/10

“lv says:02:44pm | 14/05/10 @SD LOL I’m not a political staffer. I wouldn’t know where to even start looking for any of the kinds of random quotes/articles etc the persephone puts up, yet she put them up in a flash. No doubt this is stuff you learn as a staffer,… Read more »

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