Second, the VA is one of the great policy success stories of the past two decades.
Will there be any great policy initiatives under prime minister Abbott?
But great policy proposals don't mean much if you can't get them passed as president.
"It is not a great policy when you are at the whim of another state".
This could make great policy sense, but be a nightmare to sell politically.
"It's great politics and great policy," said Representative Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio.
"The steel sector could develop very steadily as long as there is no great policy interference," he said.
History shows that one of the great policy dangers, in the face of a severe economic slump, is premature optimism.
On the Plibersek appointment, Shorten said: "This is about putting a great policy thinker on the political frontline".
In California, deregulation led to one of history's great policy disasters: energy companies drove up prices by creating artificial shortages.
"I think that is a great policy, but the club needs to restructure its wages spend, that is a vastly different matter.
