The lure of dirty s*xy money

Since becoming Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has worked his way thorough a number of election issues and electoral worries.
Not surprisingly this has not necessarily involved a level of thoroughness which would see these matters resolved for the foreseeable future.
Take the issue of political donations.
Rudders has rightly flagged a revamping of laws relating to political funding, but does not bite the bullet and either finally ban donations by corporations or create a government-funded level playing field for candidate election expenses.
Instead he is limiting reform to a complete ban on foreign contributions and a drop in the disclosure threshold from $10,000 to $1000 with a cap on the value of individual donations from corporations and individuals.
Which is a bit of an attempt at having your cake and eating it too.
Aw Kevin, mate - sometimes I wish you were less of a liberal and more like a real Labor man.