Well enough has already been written and said about the 2007 Federal Election Result. We now have an almost non-conservative government for the first time in a generation. The question now is – Will the Rudd Regime be demonstrably different to his predecessors?
I for one had great doubts until news broke that one of Rudd’s first decisions as PM was the ratification of Kyoto. In itself, this doesn’t represent a ‘major’ break from his stated intententions, but I must say that I was surprised at the speed with which he took the plunge to bring Australia up to speed with the vast majority of concerned countries in the world that have come to the inevitable conclusion that climate change abatement is a matter of urgent world action the likes of which hasn’t been seen since 1938 and the invasion of Austria by Hitler.
The fact that he sought a mandate to do so, and acted on it with alacrity says to me that perhaps we now have a leader who is prepared to make and accept responsibility for the tough decisions that are coming up in the not too far distant future for Australia.
While the Rudd days have only just begun, it is heartening to see a leader so early into his tenure show that he means business. It bodes well for us as the challenges for Australia over the next few years will require a leader with character who is prepared to take tough decisions to ensure our continued growth and propsperity, not a spineless whimp like Howard, whose only deeds that will be remembered in years to come will be the attempted dissmantling of our society with WorkChoices, the near total capitulation of our great nation to the whims and deceit that characterise the USA and the Bush Administration, and for being only the second prime minister in our nation’s history to not only lose an election, but lose his own seat as well.
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I for one had great doubts until news broke that one of Rudd’s first decisions as PM was the ratification of Kyoto. In itself, this doesn’t represent a ‘major’ break from his stated intententions, but I must say that I was surprised at the speed with which he took the plunge to bring Australia up to speed with the vast majority of concerned countries in the world that have come to the inevitable conclusion that climate change abatement is a matter of urgent world action the likes of which hasn’t been seen since 1938 and the invasion of Austria by Hitler.
The fact that he sought a mandate to do so, and acted on it with alacrity says to me that perhaps we now have a leader who is prepared to make and accept responsibility for the tough decisions that are coming up in the not too far distant future for Australia.
While the Rudd days have only just begun, it is heartening to see a leader so early into his tenure show that he means business. It bodes well for us as the challenges for Australia over the next few years will require a leader with character who is prepared to take tough decisions to ensure our continued growth and propsperity, not a spineless whimp like Howard, whose only deeds that will be remembered in years to come will be the attempted dissmantling of our society with WorkChoices, the near total capitulation of our great nation to the whims and deceit that characterise the USA and the Bush Administration, and for being only the second prime minister in our nation’s history to not only lose an election, but lose his own seat as well.
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