Kevin Rudd's 'To Do' list

MUCH TO DO

The Howard years have been the years the locusts have eaten. I am hard pressed to think of a single initiative that has carried this country forward - apart from some progress made in boys’ education and making men’s health more of an issue. The rest have been wasted opportunities for improvement. We have a legacy of money squandered on TV advertising for the government, toadying to the US and pandering to media interests.

In the words of Oliver Cromwell to the Rump Parliament:

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!

If Labor wins, there will much to do. We need people prepared to govern for all Australians, not just the noisiest and wealthiest. Let’s all hope that the next government can do better than what we have at the moment.