ever so predictable if you stop chanting and start listening

Major parties are just as "religious" as any. This helps explain why Labor now after losing so big ,will take a long time to really admit why they missed the opportunity to address the "issues of the day ".
As chief political adviser I don't give important advice to just anybody ,but if you are willing to explore, you 'll find much of labor's highly predictable failiure ( i wrote to goerge negus on the subject several weeks ago ) briefed out there - you really need to explore our teaching site for politicians. http://users.gsat.net.au/tuf
Like Jeff Kennett ten years ago coming from another blikered view of the world, Labor can expected be struggle to accept the fact their biggest handicap is political correctness. No time here to elaborate - that too would give the game away. There is, as Santayana said, no medicine like the truth to get in the way of a historic media strangehold on the story .