I think it comes down to the personality of Rudd and his need to keep an iron grip on the government. He's got a filthy mouth and temper as shown on several oc

I think it comes down to the personality of Rudd and his need to keep an iron grip on the government. He's got a filthy mouth and temper as shown on several occasions, and he develops all his policies in combination with just 4 ministers. The fact that the (former) environment minister found out about the dropping of the ETS via the newspaper tells you how centralised the decision making is. Same goes for the mining tax ; developed in secret, behind closed doors and out it comes with a 'my way or the highway' attitude. My point : I don't think they know what they are doing. They look very similar to the misguided wanderings of the last 12 months of the Howard government.