Via Paul Kelly today:
The fascinating story of Bill Shorten is the rising tide of audacity and risk that simultaneously surrounds his leadership — the more the Opposition Leader tries to set the agenda, the more he raises doubts about his credibility and offers opponents a generous target.
So far this has worked for Shorten. He has made himself a big target, not nearly as big as John Hewson did with Fightback! in the prelude to the 1993 election, but Shorten runs the most adventurous policy of any opposition leader since then.