In today's crikey.com.au, regular contributor Richard Farmer scores the new Parliament's maiden speeches out of ten. The envelope, please.
And the winner is ...
'Maxine McKew: Bennelong—Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare. A polished and well delivered speech as could be expected from a new MP who is no newcomer to public life. "What it is, this stirring in our souls," she told the House, "is a realization that our famed egalitarian spirit is more talked about than real. This is the paradox of modernity: alongside the exceptional economic prosperity the country has enjoyed, we are also seeing what Professor Fiona Stanley calls an increase in the social gradients. When we look at the key indicators for the development, wellbeing and health of our children and our young people, the gaps are not shrinking; they are widening." 8 out of 10.'
Maxine was always going to shine from the moment she started to win and refused to declare but couldn't quite stop smiling. So nice to have politicians who use big words again. But what I was really calling to say, Pavlov, is that when searching for your page I found this http://www.messybeast.com/moggycat/pavlov-cat.html
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Miss you.
So, how did Brendan Nelson fare? Did Farmer give out any negative ratings?
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I saw Maxine's speech in the arly hours of this morning. If she's only an 8 I'd really like to know who scores 10.
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ReplyDeleteMaxine is overrated. Hopefully those who voted Howard out will eventually pay the price.
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