Well what a day makes!
A couple days ago who would have thought that Kevin Rudd would be thrown out within the space of 24 hours.

It was obvious that the push has come from the people in the back room. Kevin Rudd did step down, but it was easy for anyone to see he did not want to go. Less than 24 hours before he stepped down he announced the leadership challenge and said he was ready for a fight.

Now the question is where can Julia Gillard take the government before the next election? I HOPE she will change the direction, but somehow I get the feeling that its asking too much. After all it is still the same party, just a new person at the front. By getting rid of Kevin Rudd Labor has shown that it doesn’t matter who is ‘leading’ the party, its really the people in the back rooms that have all the say.

My biggest hope is that Julia Gillard removes Stephen Conroy from the Communications Minister position. I do think he would be good to keep on for the NBN though due to the connections he has already made. But actually understanding other things in the portfolio, he is just not the right person for the job. A good alternative would appear to be Senator Kate Lundy. She seems to be one of the few people in the Labor party that understand Information Technology. Then again, as I said before, does it really matter what role the different people have. Will the policies change or will it all be the same with new faces.

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