Election Result

Well, it looks like Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia...

personally, i didn't quite want Labour to win it...but i guess thats how democracy works...I guess we will see over the next few years how Labour can handle the economy this time around.

It MIGHT be a good thing if Kevin Rudd actually removes troops from Iraq like he said he would, but who knows, that might be too high a standard...

Another part that I didnt like about last night was Channel Nine's coverage of the election. At the beginning of the night there, on their screen, was a big banner saying how many electorates Labour had to take to win the election, as if it were the GOAL for labour to win, as if that was what everybody wanted...

Then, about 2 hours into the show, Channel 9 had a big banner saying KEVIN RUDD WINS ELECTION, even though no other stations were sure that he had. Sigh

This just goes down well with Channel Nine's use of The Worm on their Great Debate. I'm pretty sure the next time i have a choice between a station and channel 9, it wont be the latter...

Although, i wasnt fully impressed with Channel Seven's plans, who gave Joe Hockey a hard time. They kept probing him with unproffesional questions like "How are you feeling" etc. Then some other guy was trying to cheer him up saying things like "Mate, you'll wake up tomorrow morning", "you'll be right"...probally making it worse for the guy.

Then, the smiling Peter Beattie, who made a joke about how he'll have to pay Joe Hockey money now that he's not a minister....Ha...Joe forced a smile.

AAaanyway, i guess i shouldnt be this upset...life goes on...

doug.