Michelle Grattan writes in The Age "FEDERAL cabinet minister Greg Combet has warned Labor not to subordinate good policy to focus group research and declared Labor must rebuild its reputation as ''the party of progress''. ...He said focus groups and polling had a role to play, noting they were crucial to the success of the union campaign against WorkChoices, which he spearheaded before the 2007 election.
''However, they cannot have primacy - they simply inform strategy and how to promote policies and win support for them. They cannot compel the party to abandon its values,'' he said, launching All That's Left: What Labor Should Stand For, by Nick Dyrenfurth and Tim Soutphommasane." To read the full article, link here.
GREG Combet has declared Labor failed to articulate its values and what differentiates the party and must "rebuild its standing", Partricia Karvelas writes in The Australian. Launching All That's Left, edited by Tim Soutphommasane and Nick Dyrenfurth, the left-wing minister conceded yesterday that the dumping of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme badly damaged Labor's left-wing vote at the August 21 election." For the full article link here.
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