Oh god, isn't that typical?

Labor count 102 bits of paper, & first get 73-29, then count them again & get 71-31. You would have thought they would have enough fingers & toes with the lot of them. I wonder what the correct count actually was.

No wonder they can't handle the budget.

Lets not worry hasbeen old boy, who cares what the figures are. The leader of the party is a minor part.
It's up to Tony to explain what he is doing there, and what is his worth to Australia.

Jo Coghlan,Want to start up a New Libertariarn Party to repalace Labor? No corporate donations and a new constitution that says,only our Govt should have the power to create new money that represents our productivity.

Iceland is doing it as does Iran.It will mean no more Govt debt.Prior 1913 the USA used to do it.

Whilst Rudd failed to win today by a hefty margin, politically speaking re-electing Julia Gillard was a naive and dumb decision.

Julia Gillard in a speech said...."The CHOICE that the nation faces and that her parliamentary colleages face on Monday..."

See the 1.20 mark at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/feb/24/kevin-rudd-julia-gillard-australia-video

How did the Australian people...(the Nation)....make a choice? Has she seen her polling? From that polling alone the majority of the Nation doesn't want her!

By using those words she has proven we have no choice! But worse rubbed our faces in it! We are a minimalist democracy where the only time politicians really listen is at election time.

In a much larger way however, the elected members of the ALP actually let down Australia.

Julia Gillard will cause the ALP to lose in a landslide at the next Federal election. I doubt she can rejuvenate her party's performance and they will be decimated.

By re-electing Gillard they not only have failed the Australian population now, but will cause Australia to have one of the weakest oppositions on record when they lose power.

The Westminster system needs both a strong Government and a strong opposition.

Whilst many people don't like Rudd, he at least offered a stronger opposition after the next election.

So in effect the Einsteins of the Labor political machine have done similar to what the Democrats did. They have let Australia down again.

Gillard is a failure, and her unintelligent continual repeating of a mantra in her speeches, eg. "I get things done" or the "moving forward", is demeaning to everyone who has the misfortune to hear her speak.

Even though I am not a supporter of Rudd, and as wrong as this may sound, he was the choice that should have been taken today.

By today's decision the Labor Party have virtually guaranteed their defeat in the next Federal Election.

Far worse though, they have given the Libs a free run to win the next election, leaving Australia with a pathetically demoralised and ineffectual opposition post election.

Well done to the political gurus of the Labor Party. Another Epic fail

There is something particularly stupid about the Australian media who can claim that a born and bred boy from the bush of Queensland toughened by terrible adversity as a child has not labor values but a migrant fresh off the boat from Wales does.

Honestly I have never heard so much drivel written about Rudd in all my life.

For those who watched media watch I suggest you read in full the answers by Tingle and Uhlmann.

They will piss you morons right off.

Because it was all made up by the journos and it shows.

Who’re you callin a moron Ms Shepherd??