Gillard needs to change direction and priority

Comments on Niki Savva “Lead on reform or lose way”, 19/10/2010, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/lead-on-reform-or-lose-way/story-e6frg6zo-1225940390052
Gillard appears to be a good negotiator that is good for operation, but not a leader with strong vision and strategies to achieve that vision.

While it is a fact she succeeded in forming a government, with incumbent advantages and some left leaning Greens and independent MPs, she has paid high price over her poor performance since she became the Labor leader and PM before the election.

Real Julia versus other Julia. East Timor processing centres fiasco. No carbon tax versus her remark of silly games of ruling in and ruling out. Citizens assembly, dumping it and parliament committee. The debacles of her ministry names and inclusions or exclusions. All within a matter of how long?

They do not reflect well on her leadership.

She needs to delegate some of her negotiation tasks to her colleagues and concentrates on big issues and gets them right.

Maybe she hasn’t got a strong advisory team around her.

PS: For climate change policy, she needs to move to a flexible carbon tax with distribution of income to people. She needs somehow to broaden the mining tax base and lower the tax rate but have a lower floor. She needs an effective border protection strategy.