It’s time to take a look back at your week and identify its high and low points. From the personal to the political, from tragic to trivial, no best or worst is too big, too small or too embarassing to share. There’s certainly a rich array of options if you’re a politician.
Just to re-cap, there is a quick, easy-to-understand Mamamia Cheat-Sheet about Julia Gillard and how she came to be prime minister without an election here. You’ll also find videos of Kevin Rudd’s extremely moving and difficult to watch concession speech here and Julia’s first speech as Prime Minister here.
BEST: Yesterday, for 6 hours, I sat next to my friend, mentor and former boss Lisa
Wilkinson on the Today Show set and watched history unfold. The moment Australia’s first female prime minister was sworn into office by Australia’s first female Governor General was spine-tingling and I can think of no other person more significant or appropriate to share that moment with than Lisa. If my Mum had been sitting on my other side, it would have been perfect. Like so many 70s feminists, she always believed it was possible, always told me one day we’d have a female Prime Minister. And regardless of your politics, you have to stop and consider the significance of yesterday for generations of Australian women, past, present and future.
WORST: 6 hours of live TV with no commercial breaks is a long time to hold on when you’re busting to go to the loo. Especially with all the talk of “spills”…….
Don’t forget to take a look at the best of this week’s posts
Julia Gillard: Australia’s first female PM
Go without undies or go without fame.
Video of the day: all the wrinkled ladies.
Meet a Real Modern Family: Part 2
Video of the day: In the mood for Vuvu?
MM Challenge: Which 3 words best describe your sex life.
2min cheat-sheet: The New Paid Parental Leave Scheme
How’s this for rape prevention: a condom with teeth.
Apparently, it’s the Mamamia Election. Plus, who would you vote for today?
And is you missed Denim Heaven – click here
Top Comments
Best: being on school holidays with my husband (we are both teachers) and doing nothing but house stuff, watching movies and doing whatever we like!
Worst: nothing this week. Life is good!
What are time bombs of Australia democratic society?
The Australia historical hung parliament demonstrated the big gap of inequality society between the small educated elite groups who get highest pay by talk feast used mouth work controlling live essential resources of the country in every social platforms against the biggest less educated groups who get lowest pay by hands work squeezed by discriminative policies that sucking live blood from poor/less wealth off?
Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?
1.Poverty will not be phase out if no fairer resources to share;
2.Illness will not be reducing if no preventive measurement in real action;
3.Agriculture will not be revitalize if urbanization continuing its path;
4.Housing affordability will not be reach for young generation if government continues cashing from young generation debt by eating out the whole cake of education export revenue without plough back;
5.Manufacture industry will shrink smaller and smaller if no new elements there to power up to survive;
6.Employability will not in the sustainable mode for so long as manufacture and agriculture not going to boost.
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)