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Thanks to the refined sensibilities of the sub-editor at “The Australian”, today we’re greeted with the headline:

Labor on the mat in two states

The article then details the drop in polling for state Labor parties in New South Wales and Victoria. If the elections were held tomorrow, Labor might limp home in Victoria however in New South Wales (NSW) the Coalition would win.

If the same headline were prepared for the sister publication, “The Daily Telegraph”, perhaps the headline would read:

Labor on the nose

That’s a direct reference to something odoriferous. Seems it isn’t only fish and friends who stink after three days.

Oddly enough, the Federal election must be held before the NSW state elections are due. That leaves Prime Minister Kevin Rudd facing the electorate when the most populous state despises his state-based peers. Face it. In NSW we’ll change governments when elections are due in early 2011. Yet before the end of 2010 Prime Minister Rudd needs to call a federal poll.

What to do? Punish the Big Boss for the inactions of his underlings? Of course! Retribution feels too good not to practice frequently.

So whether it’s on the mat, on the ouster, on the nose or just plain rotten – Labor in NSW is ripe for change!