Where Did Johnny Go Wrong?

Well, the simple answer is he and the Coalition became complacent: Work Choices.

Work Choices was a very good decision to implement into Australia. The only thing wrong was how they implemented it. When the Coalition got control of the senate, that is where things went pear shape. Johnny rushed through a major ordeal that needed much more scrutiny and eyes to view upon it.

If the Coalition took their time releasing Work Choices into the Australian sector, they may have likely not lost the election to the Labor party. The moment they took penalty rates and over-time from the negotiation table, that was the same moment they signed their loss off the next election, being the one we just had.

Work Choices was a very good implementation; it was merely how they implemented it that went wrong. Letting it loose first and foremost without gradual implementation, testing the waters of certain possible policy decisions, instead of throwing it out and letting it run, then attempting to fix and control the fairness issues that employers took and ran with.

I believe that is where the Coalition went wrong.... not Work Choices itself, simply how they implemented it and their failure to remain cognisant and in touch with the Australian public. Maybe a change is good.... then again, maybe not!