Thanks to the media, today's Prime Minister is a media product, he must be youthful and buffed and capable of delivering a 30 second sound bite without fluffing his lines. Can't imagine a news editor would allow even the great Sir Robert Menzies more than a 30 second sound bite.

We'll have to await the policies that the incumbent party choses to implement. I hope they consider social justice, social cohesion and care for our environment to be important.

A feature of both Rudd and Howard's speeches was the use of the expression "fellow Australians" I would have preferred "citizens".Also in both speeches there was the describing the qualities of Australians in the third person.In Rudd's speech he talks about rolling up the sleeves on a Sunday morning which is what very few of us do. Had Rudd put himself on an AWA? Monday would have been good enough because we are still under a caretaker government.

‘OK guys!' Kevin Rudd's acceptance speech was ... well ... ruddy awful!

I didn’t ruddy well vote for im and I don’t expect his guvment to be any ruddy better.

I reckon that is all that is worth ruddy well saying on the matter {:</

What a lot of product from the southern end of a north bound bull!
Rudd did not need to speak Australia had done it for him.
The words came out great too.
No speech could have said it better.
Nit picking like this fuels my joy!

Even my most pro Rudd pals were mocking Rudd pre-election by prefacing their statements with "I'm passionate about..."; as in 'I'm passionate about....socks with shoes'.etc

His speech certainly tempered the euphoric mood of the Lang Park crowd.

As a TOASTMASTER of some 26 summers I have studied speeches, made lots and evaluated many, listening is also a skill of a Speakers Club. James, as a Queenlander you should be aware of Rudd's audience. He was talking to the former Queenslanders of both persuasions who voted differently this time as did lots of other "fellow Australians," who don't want rhetoric !- they want someone to do the job in front of them of repairing the country and preparing the agenda he has now to embark on.Time for talking about aspirations is over.He is a Top C.E.O. looking at getting us, the "shareholders" to feel confidant he has the ideas and know-how to get this country to get back on track to where Australia is a modern Nation embracing technology and the FAIR-GO for all citizens, black. white, and yellow!