Spill

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So today was a significant day in Australian politics - a 'respill', a fight for the Prime Ministership of Australia.

I'm not really into politics. I don't understand a lot. I voted for Kevin Rudd (don't tell my Gran that) back in 2007, my reasons being that I didn't like what was going on in the liberal party at the time.

Then 2010 came. It was a day much like today. I wasn't called into work that day so I stayed at home. I lived in a sharehouse at the time and we were lucky to get any local TV reception, as we had one of those big satellites that broadcast TV from China and nowhere else.

I was really upset when Kevin lost his job. I think Kevin is a top bloke with the world in mind. I didn't vote for Julia, and I thought that the way it all happened so quickly was horrid.

After getting over it, I noticed that Julia annoyed me more and more. I didn't like a lot of their policies, such as Carbon Tax, Assylum Seekers, Gay marriage etc. It seemed to all go down hill from there.

I have a lot of respect for Jessica Rudd, who wrote an excellent article here. She reminds me how we are lucky to live in a country like Australia where we have a voice.... most of the time.

Good on Kevin for trying. I still have heaps of respect for him. I am disappointed that he isn't the foreign minister any more because I think he was as awesome at that job as he was at being Prime Minister.

But with all that said, I really admire what Julia had to say about Kevin today: He has done so many great things for this country, and that it must be disappointing for he and his family.

I'm not sure what my opinion is about either party now. I think time will tell. In a lot of countries there would be war over this kind of thing that happened today. I need to put my trust in that all those MPs know the inside information in Canberra. Obviously there was a majority vote for a reason.

As cliche as it is, I think we need to move forward and get on with the job...