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2009-08-04

Rudd - PM, leadership and essays

Comments on Greg Melleuish “Stick to day job and hold the essays”, 4/08/2009, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25877024-5017272,00.html

Doing writings while in office should not be an offence itself, unless it really and demonstrably distracts one's governing duties and effectiveness in office. If a person can do both well at the same time, let him or her do it. So the real test of its appropriateness or otherwise is the person’s performance in office.

While Rudd has been very popular and successful politically, his real performance as a PM has been questionable. He seems to have too many spins and lack of substance in policy.

Cash handouts dressed as fiscal stimulus, wasteful school spending spree as education revolution, rush and stubborn on ETS, announcing NBN of $43 billion with no proper business study, many broken election promises like takeover of State public hospitals, all reflect his failures in public policy.

In this regard, Rudd has not got his priority right as the PM. He should spare his time from writing essays and focus on managing the country. As a result I agree with Melleuish on this point.

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