Gillard's chips are committed, she must win the hand.
The unedifying spectacle that is federal politics in this country continues. Gillard looks as desperate as any prime minister in history to retain her job.
Were the desperation born out of fear of what her opponent would do to the country, that would be one thing. But a hung lower house and a Greens balance of power in the next Senate must surely have quashed the concerns of even the most ardent unionist that Tony Abbott would reintroduce Work Choices.
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