First, there was all that "I'LL STOP FOREIGNERS TAKING YOUR JOBS/APPRENTICESHIPS" stuff. Okay, so I'm Leader of the Opposition, but I've figured out that swinging voters like a bit of foreigner-bashing. And dammit, I can bash foreigners just as well as the Prime Minister. Except I reckon I can go one better - these foreigners aren't just miserable refugees, these ones are taking your jobs!
Hang on, I've forgotten which side of politics I'm on. I'm a conservative, right?
Then he banged on a bit about how he really had no problem with significant tax cuts, and tried to convince "middle Australia" that he'd do just the same as Peter Costello, only HIS tax cuts magically wouldn't prompt an interest rate rise in the same way as Costello's will, even though, well, there'd be no difference between them at all.
No, really, help me out here - what party did I join again?
Then he accidentally did get stuck into the IR laws, which was all very well, but not really anything to do with the budget.
When he started inventing the Internet and the wonders of broadband, I really had to go.
Please tell me he redeemed himself in the last five minutes.
