Labor has a long-term vision. What about the Liberals?

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Labor has a long-term vision. What about the Liberals?

Transport,
education, climate change ... As contemporary Labor plots its political
recovery, we must embrace and modernise the best of our tradition

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• • Anthony Albanese
     
  • theguardian.com,
    Tuesday 4 March 2014 10.06 AEST
    

Climate change: the ultimate in long-term thinking. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/Reuters

Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government. Whether politicians are dealing with complex policy problems or trying to communicate with the electorate, it makes sense to establish a clear, long term narrative underpinned by forward-looking policies to deliver on its vision.

That’s
my starting point as I consider what lessons the Labor party can draw
from last year’s election loss. I accept the verdict of critics who say
the Rudd and Gillard governments over-emphasised the 24-hour news cycle.
We worried too much about the media, and that was a mistake.

However, I insist that Labor policies in areas like health, education, the environment and infrastructure development fitted squarely with the Labor tradition of long-term thinking. I also insist that our economic stimulus response to the global financial crisis was an action of which we, as a nation, can be proud. 

Excerpt from the Article by Albanese