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The election is decided. The event is over. The Rudd Revolution will hit the ground running, we hear. “For all Australians”, he tells us. Will it be a change of substance to bring equal rights and social justice? Or is it just a 'cupcake revolution'?

John Valder's 2007 election result comment

Hi Margo, now that Maxine has claimed Bennelong, I can pay my tribute to her. Wayne Swan said on the election night that when Maxine decided to challenge Howard, it lifted and energised the whole Party. How true, how true, it certainly energised me.

Hello. Queensland swung hardest. My State. A long time ago I lived in Dawson, next door to the National Party MP, Mr Ray Braithwaite. I rode my horse on journeys with Ray's son. It's gone Labor. Queenslanders believe in a fair go. Yep, my much maligned state said no to Howard, and yes to something fairer.

The question resolves down to this: can Labor peel off one or two Liberal or National Senators to vote with them on each significant issue? That nice Mr Joyce is an obvious candidate, at least on WorkChoices, and on each issue there are others who can be identified as having sympathetic views.