Checks and balances


Is Peter Beattie really Rudd’s attack dog?

As the Coalition decides that there’s no mileage in personal attacks on Kevin Rudd and adds to its unique method of pork barrel policy a unique “theory of governance” where the “Labor state premiers” require checks and balances from a Liberal government, there’s been some speculation about the response of Queensland Premier Peter Beattie to Ruddism, writes Mark Bahnisch.