When I went to bed last night, I was expecting to wake up in the morning to learn of the score between Australia and Serbia. Instead, the news that greeted me was that we have a new PM. Mr. K Rudd had stepped down to make way for his deputy PM Ms. J Gillard to lead the country and its people into the next election.
I knew Mr. Rudd's popularity had been sliding in recent times especially with his proposed Mining Profit Tax... but I have thought that given the amount of work and changes he had managed to bring about since he came into power about 3 years ago, that he would see out his term as PM. The list was substantial and we forget that its only been 3 years and so many reforms had been made... it would have taken most governments at least 2 terms to make as much dent as he had managed. I am proud that the PM I had helped elect into office had done so much.
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/factsheets/article/-/article/7455270/rudds-final-speech-as-pm/
Ms. Gillard is the first female PM of Australia and she has a lot of work to do and much bridge mending too. Will she and the Labour Party be in government at the next election? Its hard to say... given that 2010 had produced so many unexpected events and results... look at the World Cup for one... or the freak weather that we have experienced around the world...
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/factsheets/article/-/article/7455270/rudds-final-speech-as-pm/
Ms. Gillard is the first female PM of Australia and she has a lot of work to do and much bridge mending too. Will she and the Labour Party be in government at the next election? Its hard to say... given that 2010 had produced so many unexpected events and results... look at the World Cup for one... or the freak weather that we have experienced around the world...
I exercised my right to vote for the very first time in 2007 and that year, ushered in a new PM and a new vision for the nation. In the coming election, who will I be voting for? Its not easy coz according to the new PM, the government went off course and thats why she had to do what she had to do. Will she be able to stir the government back onto the right path before the next election is called?
The World Cup news was so dominant since the start of June and yet, on this day, the news of a new PM had overshadowed the news that the Socceroos won their match against Serbia but they are not going through the next round coz of the margin of goals... what a bummer...
My brother gave me this picture a while back and its the wallpaper I see, when I switch on my mobile phone... the message is so appropriate today... ^_^
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