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What Julia Gillard as PM might mean for you...

You may think the change in Australia's leadership, just announced this morning, has almost no impact on us. Well, Senator Conroy might go too...

Yep, Atomic's talking politics again. With Julia Gillard stepping into the shoes of the prime minister, we could well see a mammoth reshuffle of cabinet positions. More importantly for gamers and netizens, this could see the much reviled Senator Conroy out of a job, possibly replaced by staunch Gillard supporter, Senator Kate Lundy.

Our sister site, ITnews, reports that Lundy tweeted her support of Gillard late last night, along with speculation of what Gillard's success might mean for Canberran Senator.

So, having chatted with some of the ITnews bods about this, how's this for some speculation: Lundy's background as a programmer makes her a remarkably well-informed choice for Conroy's Communications portfolio, and her support of Gillard has been very public. Conroy's Net Filter proposition, so unpopular that it's been shelved until after an election, could well be let slide entirely in that case.

It's a pipe-dream at the moment, but we can hope, right? Hell, maybe we'll even see some movement on an R18 rating for games with a new broom through parliamentary ranks.

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35 Comments

Gharphield Jun 24, 2010 10:07 AM	No Conroy? ... did I just win Lotto or something?
Joe-90 Jun 24, 2010 10:25 AM	No. The country may well have just won Lotto.
mark84 Jun 24, 2010 10:38 AM	We can hope. Guess we'll find out soon enough.
Cybes Jun 24, 2010 10:38 AM	"Lundy's background as a programmer makes her a remarkably well-informed choice for Conroy's Communications portfolio" Hmm. I would have thought that meant she was guaranteed not to get that portfolio, given the way previous governments here have 'worked'.
somemadcaaant Jun 24, 2010 10:43 AM	I'm sorry what just happened?! I MUST still be in a REM state at work here, I need a slap with a wet fish or something....
GhostWhoWalks Jun 24, 2010 10:43 AM	I doubt they'll make more changes, too much change is a bad thing in politics. It makes people think weak. After the election if she wins it would be a possible change, but not after just ousting Rudd. I'd love to be wrong though. He needs to go. He's a joke.
iamthemaxx Jun 24, 2010 10:53 AM	As opposed to the opposition who are just as bad? I reckon if Gillard can rebuild her bench with some stronger characters they would have a much better chance.
sUpEr gEEk Jun 24, 2010 11:26 AM	Shit what the hell is happening 1st Atkinson retires then Conroy gets kicked from his seat shit how is all of this good news going to blow up in our faces?
Bundy 2.0 Jun 24, 2010 11:35 AM	Super maybe the Labor party will come good and then get voted out in the next election haha..
Argotha Jun 24, 2010 11:45 AM	^^ doubt it... people dont see abbot as pm material
Mordecai Jun 24, 2010 11:58 AM	Abott is definitely not PM material. Especially with his "Im lying unless its written down" speech a little while ago.
sheok Jun 24, 2010 1:13 PM	HUZAH!!! Does this mean we get to keep the NBN too please?
sheok Jun 24, 2010 1:13 PM	HUZAH!!! Does this mean we get to keep the NBN too please?
Wilburr Jun 24, 2010 1:46 PM	Abbot is a weasly snickering shady character. Hes just perfect for PM!
codecreeper Jun 24, 2010 2:49 PM	NBN will be death throe for all ISP's if telstra get to keep it. Gillard is better in many ways she is more open than Rudd was ,which was his downfall.
Director Jun 24, 2010 2:58 PM	meh until I hear them state explicitly that the filter is dead I won't relax...at all...ever.
zzrhardy Jun 24, 2010 3:21 PM	The nutcase fundie minority is too well seated as the balance of power unfortunately, and their price for being good little senators and passing laws is having their social agenda pushed in the communications portfolio. I don't see a change coming until a lot more people wake up.
majestic975 Jun 24, 2010 3:52 PM	Its because of Sen.Lundy that my suburb has ADSL. She worked hard for us to get it.I'll support her if she does the right thing again.
xFOADx Jun 24, 2010 4:49 PM	Labor knows that the plan is unpopular with the young, but popular with the christian right. Unfortunately labor take the young vote for granted, and think they can get the christian right to vote for them, which is not going to happen anyway. Now is the perfect time to remove unpopular policies.
Sorceror Jun 24, 2010 5:00 PM	I'd just like to say that Lundy has been doing awesome work in the government 2.0/open government space. You can see what she's all about at http://www.katelundy.com.au/ It would be awesome to see her replace Conroy.
Hawkeye Jun 24, 2010 5:01 PM	Yeah, the more people I talk to, the more I think it's going to fall out like this: Conroy stays, but the filter gets quietly forgotten. Sure, the religious lobbyists will be cranky, but that's Conroy's fault for cosying up to them in the first place.
G-relk Jun 24, 2010 10:31 PM	i dunno about you guys, but i'd be even more inclined to vote for her if she ousts conroy before the election and not after.
fliptopia Jun 24, 2010 11:02 PM	I'd be more inclined to vote for her if she has a policy on really doing something about climate change.
Waltish Jun 24, 2010 11:45 PM	Conroy out Geek Girl In? ....yes please?
sm1ddy Jun 25, 2010 12:46 PM	sigh unsupported speculation. Gillard will change nothing because she is only a puppet for the factions. If anything she will probably keep the filter policy because conroy's faction put her into power. Anyone who thinks that she will make major changes or bring the party back to the left side is kidding themselves. The majority will vote Gillard because she is a woman and looks like she will do a good job. Labor will come back as or more powerful than before and the Liberals/Greens will be weaker. All of this means that the filter legislation will be easier to push through the senate.
Hawkeye Jun 25, 2010 3:03 PM	It is unsupported, yes - thus the words 'might', 'could' and, well, 'speculation' that I've used in the article :)
xFOADx Jun 25, 2010 5:43 PM	I'll also add that Gillard is pro-abortion and I believe an atheist. The ACL is not going to support that. Greens should get the balance of power. If Labor do not preference the greens next election, then they deserve Fielding and liberal obstructionism. And if Labor lose, at least the greens will be there to stop Abbott being a tool.
pappes Jun 25, 2010 7:29 PM	If I wasn't married I would soo want to put my woo hu in her you hoo
Mikee Jun 25, 2010 11:40 PM	if backstabbing such as this occurred in politics from people who are suppose to be our role models, the imagine what can occur at some miserable work place between unfortunate bosses 20C's and floor managers fighting for position? lol
sm1ddy Jun 28, 2010 5:16 PM	Stephen Conroy keeps his position in reshuffle http://www.news.com.au/technology/stephen-conroy-stays-as-communications-minister/story-e6frfro0-1225885221103 bang, I told you so.
azamoth Jun 28, 2010 10:50 PM	You either vote for Ranga or Budgie Smuggler--- Politics has always been about the lesser evil--- The question is, which evil will you vote for? As long as one of the evils continues the fibre to the home infrastructure they will have my vote. We are way behind in that regard and there is no room left up there for new satellites to orbit.
Mikee Jun 29, 2010 11:05 AM	perhaps, there should be some room left for one more satellite lol, Kevin tried to get in to office twice, but Julia refused him a position:) please note: there is only enough fuel for 3 years, after 3 years the satellite orbit may decay due to a lack of propellant to raise it to a suitable position;) lol
wazzar Jul 1, 2010 9:29 PM	Funny how I KNEW Julia was ready for the job way back when she mentioned that thing about Nasa and the being on the first manned Mars flight. Has ANYBODY told Nasa the good news yet?
azamoth Jul 1, 2010 9:41 PM	No, I can tell them the bad news though... Monkeys have already been in space!
savvart Jul 15, 2010 12:06 PM	If this net filter gets through we are all going to know first hand what a censored communist country really is like........ Sad days...

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