Well Done

10:48 Feb 22nd, 2012 | 12 notes

It is as if carrying the card of the Labor party didn’t already come with enough baggage. But after tonight, the past four years of our policy successes and reforms now amount to nothing in the eyes of the public. Any time talk of politics enters a conversation I am in the questions immediately swing to sideshow leadership speculation, scurrilous rumors, infighting, party conflict and public spats, and are subsequently hurled in my direction. I am forced to remind people that behind this joke of a spectacle, reforms are being passed into law, the lives of Australians are being improved, and our standing in the world is growing. If this is what I dealt with yesterday, I dread tomorrow.

My generation will never remember that it was this Labor government that navigated the 2008 financial crisis better than any other government in the world. They will never recall that it was the Labor party whom introduced paid parental leave, or brought our telecommunications network into the 21st century with the largest infrastructure project in the nation’s history. Forgotten the fact will be that it was this government that ushered in the largest series of education reforms in decades, established Australia’s response to climate change, and removed discrimination based on sexual preference from all but one of our country’s laws. The list goes on, but these reforms will be a footnote in history after all is said and done. The events of February 2012 will come back to haunt the next generation of Labor leaders, dragging them down and holding them back. Who knows how long it will take for Australians to return to our party, to trust us again, to be proud that they voted for us.

So to everyone involved: Congratulations—you’ve screwed us for a decade.

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  1. jengahead said: Ahem. James dear. Labor has been screwing us over for at least the last 20 years…BUT EXCELLENT RANTING MY FRIEND
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