The PM from Barry Island

So, as you may have seen on your local news broadcasts, there’s been a small change in the big office in government here. The fair-haired Milky Way Kid otherwise known as Kevin Rudd has been ejected unceremoniously from office and his replacement is a Welsh lady with ginger hair and a vaguely impressive rack.

Can’t say I’m overwhelmed with interest of the politics of it, though I did feel that Kevin always came across like a big drip – I think it’s pretty clear that Julia has bigger balls than him. The media have of course gone to town on the subject, with the left-leaning news outlets proclaiming her as the saviour of the Labour Party and the right-leaning outlets casting aspersions on the fact she’s childless.

Meanwhile, the Barry and District News is of course making a big deal of the origins of Miss Gillard and, keen not to miss out on things, Wales Online carries a story titled, ‘Gillard used to play in my back garden‘. Elsewhere there’s been coverage about her hair colour and quality.

I thought the coverage could best be typified by the screenshot left, which I took on my iPhone the day that Gillard came to power. You’ll note that the headline is the fact that the Socceroos were knocked out of the world cup and the fact that the PM had stepped down to be replaced by the country’s first female premiere comes in second. Nice.

Politics seems to be very volatile in this country. I think it’s a combination of the fact that you’ve got a federal government elected via proportional representation and state governments with wide-ranging powers and it’s all based on a small population. It means that even the most insignificant of political parties can make an impact on the political scene, as evidenced by the presence of Stephen Fielding, a far right wing politico and representative for the ‘Family First’ organisation.

We’re due a general election some time this year and it remains to be seen whether or not Gillard and the left-leaning Labour party or Tony Abbot and the right wing Liberal party will come to power. Abbot’s another god-bothering far-right wing nutso and there’s no way on earth I’d ever vote for him, but the problem is that Labour seem to be intent on bringing in the Internet filter and I find that to be abhorrent. Who knows, maybe it’s time to give the Greens a go.

Whale of a time
It’s whale season at the moment and the few humpbacks and wrights whales that have managed to slip past the wanker Japanese boats plundering the Antarctic marine whale sanctuary are currently making their way up the east cost of Australia to warmer waters for winter. We regularly go up to Blackhead down the beach from us to see if we can spot any whales. No joy there so far, but I’ve seen plenty up in Bondi. Anyway, there was a superb sunset up at Blackhead yesterday, which I captured as best I could on the 3megapixel camera in my iPhone.