Hurrah!

[blamebrampton]

A tiny miracle has occurred ... the ALP won. They won a lot. After spending the last 11 years wondering what the hell happened to the Australia who was excited about reconciliation and the 21st century, it's back. And it just took a man who looks like the world's most boring Harry Potter impersonator to make it happen. Go Kevin!

It was a very strange election, with the highpoint being an assault by an award-winning (but nevertheless barking mad) journalist allegedly assaulting one of the candidates. Caroline Overington is reported as shouting abuse at George Newhouse (ALP candidate for Wentworth, after a lacklustre performance he failed to unseat Malcolm Turnbull), before slapping him across the face.

Still, there has been some good comedy out of it all. And a new PM who looks for all the world like one of the Nigels you refused to go out with when you were at school is a boon to cartoonists everywhere. The quote of the campaign: on a blog, in response to a claim that Therese Rein (Kevin Rudd's wife) is a fat bogan (i.e. chav) "I for one welcome our fat bogan overlords." Indeed. Goodbye, old empire, goodbye. And if you've been looking for a particularly obvious but nevertheless funny Joe Hockey joke, do click the link below:

Comments

[jadzialove.livejournal.com]

yay! PM Kevin. heh.

I like to think this is a direct result of the 'Old Guard' throwing in with Curious George. Maybe there's hope for us now, though I cannot express how fervently I wish our election process was so quick and relatively painless (for the voters)---this drawing it out for years is wearing on soul.

[oceaxe.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! You must feel like I did when the Dems swept the 2006 race. Except... they're not doing so hot now. Oh well. If only Gore would run.

[suonguyen.livejournal.com]

Awesome Awesome Awesome, totally made my day when I woke up this morning... first thing I did was check the tally websites (well after toilet and teeth! LOL). I'm looking forward to this new government!

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

i'm so pleased, i'm sure helen will get along with kevin than she did with mr howard. i imagine you feel a bit like i felt when clinton won after years of ford and bush (the first).

loved the vid (though didn't understand all the references).

and v. v. glad to see a few posts and know you're still out there.

[no-mad-skillz.livejournal.com]

Politics (especially those of other countries) is mostly a closed book to me, but may I say that this:

a new PM who looks for all the world like one of the Nigels you refused to go out with when you were at school

is brilliant; immediately understandable while still completely alien....

[rossurus.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha

she is a fat bogan!

although how many bogans run a nationwide recruitment firm i'm unsure...

Must admit it makes the country a much more attractive place to live - i agree with Mrs Day-Knight:

Kath: Bloody Howard!

Kim: Who?

[kayleigh-jane.livejournal.com]

The world's most boring Harry Potter impersonator?



That is our PM in the middle. The text means: Let the chaos begin - Jan Peter Balkenende and the chamber of fools - now in your cabinet.
He was named 'Harry Potter' soon after his election as PM. (The glasses are real, as is the hair, btw)

Now you know why people don't tend to take the Dutch seriously lately... ;-)

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Hi there. *waves*

Firstly, I'm not a crazy stalker type. :/ I saw your recent comment on leochi's journal, and you were talking about working on the election. We've just had an election in Australia (as you know, haha) so I was thinking maybe you were from around here too.

...

Trust me, your profile saying you were from Estonia confused me. Terribly. :P

(On second thoughts, is that the place from Dilbert? *is unsure*)

Anyway, it turns out you are from Australia, so presuming you were working for Labor, congrats on the victory!! *hugs you tight* :D