DAM QUESTION TOO DAMN HARD

On his first full day on the job Labor spokesman for climate change and the environment Peter Garrett rolls up his sleeves and screws up:

During a radio interview this morning, the Labor leader intervened when Mr Garrett was questioned about a local water issue.

The interviewer asked: "The Government's Traveston Crossing dam is before the Federal Government - do you support the proposal?"

Mr Garrett appeared unsure of where Traveston Crossing was.

"The dam that they want to build outside Queensland, outside of Brisbane?" he asked.

"No, the Traveston Crossing dam," the interviewer answered, before Mr Rudd intervened.

Answers like that explain why Garrett was more interested in singing than lawyering.