Gillard needs to deliver

Comments on Matthew Franklin “We are the party of the people: Julia Gillard”, 1/04/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/we-are-the-party-of-the-people-julia-gillard/story-fn59niix-1226031640696

Gillard is making some interesting speeches, with lot of rhetoric.

In terms of national leadership, Gillard is so far shown to be the least principled among the living prime ministers, though she deserves some benefit of doubt due to short time she has become prime minister.

She is no Hawke, no Keating and certainly no Howard. They are of different orders.

Rather than attacking Abbott, she should focus on reforms and delivery of good policies and good governance, including tax reforms to simplify the tax system and to make it more efficient to enhance incentives and productivity and possibly a carbon tax as a price signal and an efficient way to deal with reducing emissions and compensate consumers adequately and fairly.

The job of oppositions is to hold the government to account. The job of government is to govern and deliver.

She should resolve the difficult issue of asylum seekers arriving in boats. Good immigration policies together with water and environment issues are also important.

Returning the budget to balance or surplus should and can be achieved by withdrawing from certain emergence stimulus fiscal programs in anticipation and in the wake of the GFC without excessive cuts to public services provided to the public. This is because there has been no or little FC in Australia.