Right Pulse

Never in living memory has a PM and a government promised so much but delivered so little. Add to the list the following item. Rudd said on May 25th 2009 in relation to May NSW floods:

Today the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs also activated the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment to provide further assistance to help those in northern New South Wales affected by the flood disaster…I have also today authorised this assistance for people affected by the earlier floods in New South Wales in late March (emphasis added).

However the day after, as pointed out by Akerman, Rudd’s office advised the local member that:

…contrary to what the PM had said on Monday, the victims of the March 31 flood would not be eligible for the one-off cash payment, only those affected by the May event.

So March now means May? Don’t tell me Rudd misled Parliament. What about his integrity? Clearly none of the flood victims own a Ford car dealership.