I thought it was a good speech, and I am a humanities student

Chris,

I am not too sure whether a humanities student would be more qualified to identify a good/bad speech from any other individual.
The quality of the speech would only be the opinion of the recipient(s) no matter who or what their qualifications may be.
I have no opinion as to the speech in question as I did not listen to it, I tend to avoid most political speeches.

SD

No more qualified than anyone, just responding to individual's reference to academics.

But I did liked speech, others may have hated it.

Chris,

My apologies if I misunderstood the intent of your post.

SD

I didn't mind it at all. Bit of larrikin humour at the start, actually from both of them, but I think people expecting him to completely turn off the attack dog mentality in the space of a few hours shows a lack of understanding of what makes the man tick.

I have voiced the option on this forum many times that I do not think the Australian people have gotten an election result wrong in a very long period. Time will tell if Prime minister Abbott will can fashion a decent government from a victory not so much based on his party's policies but by playing some very brutal and negative politics. I'm hopeful but feel it may be a coin toss, although one gets a very really sense he wants to create his own legacy and it is pretty hard to do that in a term.

What I am most excited about is what he will make of indigenous affairs. Perhaps his insights will set a new and empathetic path although LNP ideology may well taint efforts in the sector.

His stage is set. Let the first act begin.

warmair

Abbott's comment was a fact, unlike Rudd's unstatesmanlike dig at Bill Glasson. You've really got things back the front.

I know lefties hate the truth, but it's tough luck.

And please don't make us laugh with the idea of Labor supporters being concerned about governments either telling the truth or their managing their finances properly. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Obviously any supporter of Labor actively supports blatant lies, fraud on a massive scale, and incompetence from government. You have no ground whatsoever to criticize any government ever again, since your entire philosophy is nothing but that government should have unlimited power to do to its subject whatever it wants. Labor - the party of fraudulent totalitarianism.