Letters to the Editor

By Canberra Times
Updated April 19 2018 - 7:45am, first published September 22 2013 - 3:00am

Gillard's epitaph

I CAN well believe - and sympathise - with Julia Gillard when she writes that losing the prime ministership ''hit like a fist'' (Sunday Canberra Times, ''For Gillard, the loss of office'', September 15, p10), but I am less credulous when she claims the greater pain for Labor is losing ''the power to change our nation for the better''. Consider Gillard's first major promise to the electorate after she replaced Rudd: that she would take the nation off his path to ''big Australia''.

Subscribe now for unlimited access.

$0/

(min cost $0)

or signup to continue reading

See subscription options

Get the latest Canberra news in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.