Well, guys, there ain't much Left in the Australian Labour movement.
But it has to be a generational change, and a chance for some longterm
policies.
Rudd Labour will have a brief honeymoon and maybe get some of the
environment politics improved.
Exports to China and the US economy staying out of recession are the two
keys, and whoever's in in Canberra have no control over those.
But there is a chance for better health and education and industrial
relations policies.
What Americans of good will should expect in Washington, I can't guess.
Some countries are just too big.
Max
(vote wasted on one Dr Philip Nitschke, the euthanasia reform candidate, and
The Greens... To think I was once hard-line Labour! - in NZ, in UK, in
Australia...)
On 25/11/07 9:18 AM, "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> YES, from here, too.
>
> Doug
> On 24-Nov-07, at 1:24 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>
>> It's not for me to say, but that's never stopped me before.
>> Congratulations Australia! Goodbye Howard! May you have shown the way
>> for the US!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
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