Crian PadayacheeFederal Parliament is Coming Back Soon
February 6th 2008 12:28
Australian politicians have had their extend break away from the leather bound seats of the House of Representatives and are on their way back to Canberra to grace them once more.
The election campaigns of both major parties seemed to run for forever but since Kevin Rudd was announced as the victor and the 11 year man, John Howard as the gracious loser, we have seen and heard very little from Australian politics.
Parliament will be resuming on February 12th with February 13th the date set for the government’s formal apology to the Stolen Generations. This is undeniably the most important thread of political dialogue in the country at the moment – and let me say that even though they appear to be doing it reluctantly and with major reservation, Australia must commend the Liberal Party for giving it’s support towards the government’s apology plans.
Once the apology has been delivered, Australian politics will turn its focus towards inflation. ‘Interest rates’, ‘inflation’, ‘percentage points’, ‘sub-prime mortgage crisis’ and of course the Labor Party’s number one catch phrase ‘working families’ will be nonsensically draped across our tabloids and broadsheets. Images of Treasurer Wayne Swan will be showered down upon our vacant minds and talk of the Liberal Government’s ‘parting gift to the Australian people’ will become so repetitive that it will feel like our government’s front bench has been replaced by a flock of trained parakeets.
After these two points of interest are attempted to be dealt with by our new Labor Government, Mr. Kevin Rudd and Mrs. Julia Gillard, will then have to turn their focus towards the election promises they were so ready to espouse to the Australian people in ‘07.
Including: education, hospital and child care reform. Tax cuts, withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq and of course a climate change package including the much anticipated greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. It’s going to be a long year ahead for Mr. Rudd and Australia’s new Federal Labor Government, but really Australian politics is so comforting in the way it is so unbelievably predictable.
The election campaigns of both major parties seemed to run for forever but since Kevin Rudd was announced as the victor and the 11 year man, John Howard as the gracious loser, we have seen and heard very little from Australian politics.
Parliament will be resuming on February 12th with February 13th the date set for the government’s formal apology to the Stolen Generations. This is undeniably the most important thread of political dialogue in the country at the moment – and let me say that even though they appear to be doing it reluctantly and with major reservation, Australia must commend the Liberal Party for giving it’s support towards the government’s apology plans.
Once the apology has been delivered, Australian politics will turn its focus towards inflation. ‘Interest rates’, ‘inflation’, ‘percentage points’, ‘sub-prime mortgage crisis’ and of course the Labor Party’s number one catch phrase ‘working families’ will be nonsensically draped across our tabloids and broadsheets. Images of Treasurer Wayne Swan will be showered down upon our vacant minds and talk of the Liberal Government’s ‘parting gift to the Australian people’ will become so repetitive that it will feel like our government’s front bench has been replaced by a flock of trained parakeets.
After these two points of interest are attempted to be dealt with by our new Labor Government, Mr. Kevin Rudd and Mrs. Julia Gillard, will then have to turn their focus towards the election promises they were so ready to espouse to the Australian people in ‘07.
Including: education, hospital and child care reform. Tax cuts, withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq and of course a climate change package including the much anticipated greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. It’s going to be a long year ahead for Mr. Rudd and Australia’s new Federal Labor Government, but really Australian politics is so comforting in the way it is so unbelievably predictable.
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