From the 730 Report. Pretty revealing about how disingenuous the ALP Government is, even after a short time in power. They really are all about hype and not substance:
KERRY O’BRIEN: The decision on the health fund tax levy was leaked to both Fairfax and News Limited newspapers for Saturday morning and then Wayne Swan confirmed it on radio. Are you comfortable that this kind of media manipulation has now become commonplace? Why not, if you want it out, why not just announce it if you want it out there before the Budget? I would have thought that would be a more honest way to do it, wouldn’t it?
Well needless to say the Health Minister has no problem with it, in fact she describes their media policy as:
NICOLA ROXON: The internal workings of media management…our handling of the media is a bit like sausage making, some things you don’t want to see behind the scenes.