Posted on 06/26/2013 2:18:33 AM PDT by naturalman1975
Kevin Rudd has been elected unopposed, according to reports.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Julia Gillard remains Prime Minister until the Governor General commissions a new Prime Minister - likely to happen tomorrow with Kevin Rudd in the role again. Rumours are Rudd will call an election almost immediately (constitutionally things are easier if he waits until next week, because Senate terms in Australia expire 30th June 2014, and writs issued next week allow the Senate elections on the same day as the General election, rather than a need for a separate election.)
No official word yet.
Payback is a female dog.
Julia is an atheist. Glad to see she has been fired.
57 to 45 for Rudd.
Officially announced at this point (as you obviously know)
This is why I watch BBC news in the mornings. They may be biased but I can gets some actual news from outside the country.
They’re both lefty losers. It’s like watching a fight between Liberace and Elton John.
Obama lost a butt buddy. Now Cameron has to go.
I’ve been out of the loop on Australian politics lately, what caused Gillard to be ousted? I know that there has been a lot of internal friction in Labor between Gillard and Rudd, but what was the trigger that caused it now?
More importantly, what are the Coalition’s odds in a General Election this summer, er, winter?
(It’s hard to think of winter in Australia with it topping 90 degrees here in Ohio...)
That is a extremely disturbing image...
Sequins flying everywhere.
Polling results - the election is three months away and under Gillard, Labor was facing an absolute disaster. They hope that Rudd can achieve a better result.
More importantly, what are the Coalition’s odds in a General Election this summer, er, winter?
At the moment, extremely good. Under Gillard, they were looking at losing upwards of 35 seats in the House of Representatives - which has 150 members, so they would have been down to 40 or so with the Coalition holding over 100. Rudd may do better, but even if he could halve the swing against Labor, we'd still be looking at something like 90-60.
Anything can happen in politics, but we really would expect a Coalition government under Tony Abbott - and Rudd may well bring the election forward to try and capitalise on any honeymoon period, so it could be in two months time (earliest possible date is 3rd August - late August is more likely. Gillard planned on 14th September).
Thanks, I knew Gillard wasn’t popular, but I didn’t realize exactly how unpopular she was getting.
From Wikipedia: “Among the policy undertakings announced by
the parties [Labor & Greens] was the abandonment of the Gillard
Government’s plan for a “citizens assembly” to
discuss climate change policy and its
replacement with a “climate change committee”
to consider a price on carbon. [47] That
committee, chaired by Gillard, announced a
carbon pricing scheme that would include a
fixed price period operating as a tax. Prior to
the election, Gillard had ruled out the
introduction of a carbon tax while promising to
put a price on carbon. This apparent breach of
an election commitment proved to be one of the
most controversial policy decisions of the
government thus far announced. “
Carbon tax was wildly unpopular. Good thing our politicians don’t promise one thing and then do the opposite once elected.
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