CHRIS BISHOP: Because they're hopeless, says Barbara Kuriger. Why did the Government spend all that time assuming that elimination would work? It's possible to walk and chew gum at the same time, or it should be, for a competent Government. Clearly, we had to try and make elimination work. No one doubts that as a strategy. We adopted an elimination strategy that enjoyed bipartisan support across the Parliament, particularly in the first six months of this year. Clearly, we had to make elimination work, but you don't put all your eggs in one basket. You do not. You have to plan for the future. 