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Excellent speech by Mr Rudd.

To the point. Clear. Decisive. And as he said, the personal vitriol has to stop. Nobody wants to hear it any more.

Federal politics? pfft

Try sorting out the political nonsense going on at my golf club at the moment! Talk about gender wars :O:^O

Rudd won

so all the insider gossip says... Will Gillard cry like she made Rudd cry??

Gillard still has more class than most

One of the few MPs in the house for Rob Oakeshotts valedictory speech.

Should Gillard & the Labor Party Kill Rudd Off

After carpet bombing Gillard for 3 years since she removed him & sabotaged the last election that left Gillard scrabbling to form hung parliament, should she do what she should have done in the first place?

Jane Caro on Julia Gillard

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/27/julia-gillard-sexism-feminism Julia Gillard is a flawed human being. But she wasn't allowed to be one When she made mistakes, as she was bound to do, her opponents pounced. Our binary view of women ...

To continue with the quality of the deep political analysis........

To continue with the quality of the deep political analysis and inquiry coming from the media over the past few months, was Kevin Rudd's choice of tie colour intentional last night? Someone needs to find out. Also, is his wife a beard?

Labor in Opposition

Who do you think will lead Labor in opposition?

Are the turkeys voting for Christmas tonight?

If they vote for Julia Gillard.

Moratorium

May I suggest that there be a moratorium on discussions of the now ex Prime Minister. Endless post mortems on her performance will serve no purpose now, by her own rules of engagement she has said that she will leave politics at the next election and...

New captain at helm of the Titanic

BILL Shorten last night made the most important decision and speech he is ever likely to make in his political career - until the one he makes one day when he runs for the leadership himself. It was his Paul Keating moment - a Shakespearean tragedy t...

Is this guy for real??

This is not 'a gift that fell from the sky', it was a sentimental possession lost in a car park. Surely the request to claim it on insurance is dodgy! http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/17747371/lost-bracelet-finder-asks-for-half-of-value/

Will Thérèse Rein be subject to the same scrutiny as Tim Mathieson ?

Will her soxuality be questioned in front of her husband ? Will she be subjected to taunts about her profession ? Will she be given disrespectful "cutesy" monikers like "Timmy" ? Will her dress-sense and general behaviour be subject to endless scruti...