It was good to see that Prime Minister Rudd took the time to visit the insulation workers who were protesting outside the parliament yesterday and to also announce a $41 million fund to tide them through as the revised scheme gets underway.
This is recognition that the Government was at fault and acknowledgement that he accepts responsibility. This is a much better outcome that we ever got under the Howard government which stonewalled through every bad decision - and there were plenty of them.
I think the Australian people will be willing to accept that from time to time governments get it wrong - if those governments are prepared to admit it - and then deal with the issue. It's good to see PM Rudd has accepted that his environment minister got it wrong with the insulation programme and is now dealing with it.
I am glad that he has dealt with Minister Garrett's mistakes now he needs to do the same with Senator Conroy's.
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