The national interest

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Tony Harris
Posted in Politics - national, Environment, Economics and public policy, Climate Change, Business

Last week the Prime Minister made a plea to the House, for the members to vote in the national interest, not their party interest. Where are the members of the ALP who are voting in the national interest?

2 Comments

  1. TimT
    November 29, 2009

    Heh. Snippy. Though I must admit all those Rudd-ian claims about being above politics, pragmatic, bla bla bla, are looking rather hypocritical in light of the wedge delivered to the Opposition over the last week.

  2. Alphonse
    November 29, 2009

    Is "no bill is better than the negotiated one" the unstated premise of this outburst?

    I would agree that the negotiated one is worse than the intoduced one, which in turn is worse than the Garnault papers led us to expect; but my view is that an act that can be amended is better than no act at all, and not just because it's good to ante-up with something before Copenhagen.

    Or do I have the unstated premise wrong? Is it "I'm a Minchkin"?