My musings (as pointless as they are)

[aenea_delacroix]

So... Australia now has a Labour government.

It's actually a bit scary, because I can't really remember a time when John Howard wasn't the Prime Minister. It's still all too early for me to form an opinion on how I feel about an ALP government, or Kevin Rudd as PM. I think I'm going to just sit back and watch how things pan out

Comments

[ronaldraygun]

I only vaguely remember life under Hawke and Keating. I know things were tough for most people but Keating spoke of the Republic and Reconciliation and, as far as I could tell, wasn't afraid to call it how he saw it. After reading Ozonomics, I more fully realise that Keating was responsible for the good times we have today: sixteen years of low-inflation growth. Howard will be responsible for what goes wrong in Rudd's term; there'll be another interest rate rise soon, mortgages will be defaulted on, the price of petrol will go through the roof, food will become even more expensive, etc. The challenge for Rudd is to point the finger at those responsible without appearing to be dodging responsiblity; that, and he has to outline what he's going to do to fix it.