Simply entertaining

Princess Penny looses her cool;

Senator Wong has told small groups of chief executives from major power and other energy-intensive companies that the Rudd Government’s election promise of a renewable energy target was “not negotiable”. One of these meetings in Melbourne last Tuesday completely broke down, with Senator Wong reportedly furious at the way she was being treated by the eight business leaders present, telling them “you wouldn’t treat (former Treasurer) Peter Costello the way you are treating me”.

I wonder why? Could it be because Peter Costello would neither start a negotiation with a ‘this is not negotiable‘ statement nor would he have brought up the voodoo economics of carbon trading in the first place. Kevin Rudd is having all sorts of problems as the gilt tarnishes. In between shuffling piles of paper and spending days trying to justify his theory that watching something makes it cheaper he gives the troops, bound to support him, a morale building message.

Yesterday he said he accepted the consequences of his decision but, in a clear warning to disgruntled public servants, said he was aware some were finding their workloads “a bit much”. “I’ve simply got news for the public service – there’ll be more,” Mr Rudd said. The work ethic of this Government will not decrease, it will increase.”

I wonder what we are talking about here. Are the public servants just using their hours better or are they being forced to burn the midnight oil? The latter I would think. I’ve always been of the opinion that the Canberra bureaucrats have generally voted Labour and this makes me wonder what sort of discussions are going on around the water cooler today – could I suggest regret and remorse at least. Who leaked? We don’t know yet but Kevin has ordered the AFP to investigate the matter. It is reasonable to assume that some disgruntled public servant is guilty but Kevin wants to hope for exactly that outcome. The other choice would be a disgruntled cabinet minister or staffer and that would bode very poorly for a new government. THE indigenous people of South Australia’s remote desert country cast their vote on Jenny Mackin’s plan for the disadvantaged Australians.

In a new slap in the face for federal and state Labor, a meeting of more than 100 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara residents asked Mr Brough to be their agent in dealing with both the federal and state governments.

And the elephant in the room? The words ‘Unions’ and ‘Strikes’ are starting to get more air time. All you young 30 somethings that voted for Rudd should get used to government under labour and all it’s entertainment value. Enjoy it while it lasts