Kevin Rudd - an election this year - good article by Ross Gittins on Kevin

Rudd ominously silent on climate change

Ross is saying Kevin has diverted from carbon reduction to health as its too difficult

To get his trading scheme into law, Rudd's only course is to hold a double dissolution election and pass it at a joint sitting. But that would mean making his ''great big new tax'' a central issue in the election campaign, having a real fight on his hands and possibly losing some seats.