I was fortunate enough to be able to watch history unfold this morning, and for once it was positive, it was joyous, it was memorable for all of the right reasons. It's amazing what power five little letters ("s", "o", "r", "r", and "y") can have. Watching Kevin Rudd in his first order of business before the Parliament on TV this morning moved me in a way I had never suspected possible. Even now, hours later, I still feel the buzz, the goose bumps, that came with the applause that followed his gesture to the most marginalised in our society.
It's one thing to chain yourself to history for 11 years of stern-faced denial and call it "leadership"; it's quite another thing to display it in full measure; and this morning Kevin Rudd, the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia did precisely and exactly that. Leadership is looking at the mistakes of the past, acknowledging them and working to fix them. Leadership is looking past ideology, petty squabbling and the blinkers of party politics without fear or rancour, looking at what needs to be done and then working to do what's needed. A brave man walked into the Parliamentary Chamber this morning, a great man walked out of it.
For the first time in a long, long time I am optimistic about the calibre of leadership coming out of Canberra but I'm not going to be carried away by the sense of occasion, it's day one and the future waits in judgement.
It's one thing to chain yourself to history for 11 years of stern-faced denial and call it "leadership"; it's quite another thing to display it in full measure; and this morning Kevin Rudd, the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia did precisely and exactly that. Leadership is looking at the mistakes of the past, acknowledging them and working to fix them. Leadership is looking past ideology, petty squabbling and the blinkers of party politics without fear or rancour, looking at what needs to be done and then working to do what's needed. A brave man walked into the Parliamentary Chamber this morning, a great man walked out of it.
For the first time in a long, long time I am optimistic about the calibre of leadership coming out of Canberra but I'm not going to be carried away by the sense of occasion, it's day one and the future waits in judgement.
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Damn - I thought you might have written an entry when you were here - but you didn't :(
Sorry, too busy downloding war3z and pr0n. I'll try harder next time. Promise.
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