Gillard is new Prime Minister

Democracy?

The recient events over a profit tax shows who controls this country. It's certainly not the people. It is very clearly the cashed up companies. With gillard at the helm the country has now gone way down the drain. Gillard was the minister overseeing Comcare Australia, it is a total disaster of incompetents. In a democracy we must have ballanced information from the "news" but unfortunatly money and self interest controls it. how do we make an informed decission with such bias.

sorry for Rudd

Never vote for female PM ...

Ripping the Velvet

I did not vote for K Rudd, never been a fan of his "cat that swallowed the canary" style. But I did vote Labour and was thrilled with the choice of Julia G as deputy, wondering why she wasnt put up for the top job even then. Perhaps perceived as too radical of a choice considering australia's conservative pall. A smart, contemporary no nonsense woman with, as the last 24 hrs has shown, more ballz than many of her male colleagues. Good on you Julia G. Lapdog or Bulldog? my moneys on the latter

Gillard, you'll never get my vote!

Gillard will never get my vote "period". She saw an opportunity comming and took advantage! I am a uni student just like many other and a person who has to work on the side to get by, just like many other; thanks to rudd, I did not loos my job through the recession like how many of my friends did over in Canada and US. I think Rudd did pretty well and I dont care if I have to vote for greens (will never for abbott) but it will not be Gillard.

Goodbye mining tax

This is the mining barons getting out of the mining tax. I for one am not looking forward to making up the gap.

A smart move, looking forward...

Firstly, let me say that I am a Labor supporter. But lets look at the facts here. Everyone is saying that Rudd was a good PM, are these the same people that were shunning him on the popularity vote? Secondly, there were extensive discussions between Rudd and Gillard last night - does noone think that this is perhaps in informed (and yes! INTELLIGENT) move? It is the cleanest way to ammend the recent, not so successful decisions of the Government WITHOUT backflipping on policy.

A 'Clayton' democracy

If the public's comments are a shadow of the next election, then Labour has just literally butchered its way into electoral oblivion for the next few years. Where is Graham Richardson? Perhaps he can explain it all for us!

So...disappointing

At Ahmad. New Zealand had a female Prime Minister for years and she, Helen Clark, was the best PM we ever had. Kevin Rudd was a fairly good Prime Minister. I voted him in, and, if I still lived in Aus, I'd re-elect him. Honestly, who else can you have? Julia Gillard? Tony Abbot? Come on, we need a strong cabinet, not traitorous backstabbers. Kevin Rudds views on the Muslim Shariah got worldwide publicity, and, for the most part, it was loved. Come on Kevin, don't leave.We need you more than ever

Disgusted voters

I always have thought that communist rule is the evil way. Now the union coupled with their corrupt power brokers and their self indulgents ways compared favourably to the evil way. I thought I voted for Kevin,

interesting times

i am a recent citizen and becoming familiar with the politics here, i have realised that it is no different from any other democracy/dictator/ communist setup. Power is king.i was absolutely charmed by the way Kevin Rudd handled post 2007 issues; despite me coming in this country due to liberal immigration policy, i was going to vote labor; guess what 180 degree turn from me. Lets see what a female PM shapes things now, bear in mind that US and major superpowers never had female in power.