With worse than poor ratings in the opinion polls for both Labor and Kevin Rudd himself, at 9am this morning an Australian Labor Party (ALP) ballot seen Kevin Rudd removed as leader of the party, and thus from the office of Prime Minister, replaced by his deputy Julia Gillard. While I greatly contest this motion as undemocratic on the grounds the Australian people weren't able to decide if Julia Gillard was fit to lead them; this is not the topic I will be discussing. Instead I want to discuss why nothing will change under her leadership.

The thing about Kevin Rudd's term as Prime Minister is that a great deal of it, perhaps even a majority there of, was spent outside of Australia visiting leaders of other nations, going to overseas meetings and so forth. As during this time he didn't actually achieve anything, nor really intended to do so, lets call it a tax-payer funded holiday. Now for this and countless other reasons I certainly feel that Kevin Rudd wasn't fit to lead this country and of course should have been voted out at the next election, but so should Gillard. The fact is that while Kevin Rudd was out of the country, the Prime Ministers duties fall to the deputy, which until 9am this morning was Julia Gillard.

In fact, it seems that most of the major Labor screw ups which occurred during Kevin Rudd's term as PM, such as the misappropriation of Stimulus package funds, the insulation scheme debacle and so forth, all originated while Kevin Rudd was out of the country. Or in other words, they happened under Julia Gillard's watch. And the stuff ups which have occurred in Public Education funding relate DIRECTLY to Julia Gillard and her department, as the minister for Education. The simple fact of the matter is Julia Gillard is a spineless buffoon, completely unfit to be a minister at all, let alone lead the country. During her term as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, she has been marred by countless screw-ups and debacles, it seems even the simplest of political tasks escapes Julia Gillard's abilities.

So with this change of leadership, and expected continued party infighting, don't expect change for the better. Expect more screw-ups and a complete lack of direction. That is the Julia Gillard that we have seen as Deputy Prime Minister, and the Julia Gillard we will see as Prime Minister. It has come to a point, where Labor are completely not to be trusted with anything. They can't even be trusted to leave the guy Australia voted for in office until the next election. We can't trust them on reform, we can't trust them on education or health, we can't trust them on the environment, we can't trust them on whaling, we can't trust them with the economy & Australian Jobs, we can't trust them with ANYTHING. When it comes to election time in March next year, if Australia is going to have a safe, democratic, prosperous future we MUST vote Labor out of office.

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Freedom of Speech, it's something our constitution has never protected; but as Australians we have always enjoyed it for the most part, none the less until now. Both Federal and State Labour parties seem obsessed with censoring us at every turn. Of course internet censorship has drawn the most media and public attention as the federal government gear up to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to filter what we can and can't view on the internet. Internet Censorship is continued with the government considering laws which require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to log everything you do online and deliver those logs to the government on a quarterly basis.

But Labour censorship isn't confined to just the internet, and it's a growing problem which suggests Labour want us to "shut up" and "do as we're told" without question. Censorship of the media for example is becoming rife under Federal and State Labour; if the story is extra bad for Labour then there is an extraordinary chance you'll never know about it. It makes you wonder, will history will record this labour leadership as the gag order leadership? The whole thing is completely undemocratic, for to be a democracy the people first need their free voice making me wonder if perhaps Labour would be more at home under a tyrannical regime like China has in place. Or with the sale of so many public and private assets to China, perhaps they're just getting us ready for our "new masters".

Whatever the case the fact remains the newest censorship to be placed upon us by Labour comes at a Queensland state level, where premier Anna Bligh has given police new powers to give on the spot fines to anyone found to be Swearing in public amongst other offences such as urinating or "disorderly conduct". The on the spot fines will come into effect in 2011 and are definitely set to see tens of thousands stung. What's more if a cop isn't happy with you, there is always the danger s/he can slap you with such an offence even if you didn't commit it. Unless of cause there is a crowd of witnesses, how are you ever going to prove you didn't swear when it's your word verses that of a cop? It's dark days for Australia and it seems the only way this country can see the light again is to remove Labour from government in every section of government. There is a Federal Election this year, show Labour how democracy words, vote them out.

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For the last few years Nintendo have had somewhat of a monopoly in the motion sensor category in the console market through the Nintendo Wii; not anymore. At 2009's E3 we were introduced to Microsofts controller-less controller code named project natal and man did it look good. Although in early development the demonstrations where awe inspiring and the trailer left my jaw on the floor. But in 2009 we were given no details, no release date, no idea of actual playable games, nothing.

But now, a year later our questions are answered; well at least some of them. Renamed Kinect the device is set to revolutionise the way we play games, make calls and interact with our console in general. No longer are we tethered to a controller, needing to learn button combinations and making the battery industry rich, for with kinect your body, arms, legs and voice are the controls and it works however you move your body. After loads of internet rumours about a potential Q4 release date, Microsoft has finally confirmed a November 2010 release and announced the first 8 games to be launched along side the controller. Games launching in November will be;

• Dance Central
• Kinectimals
• Kinect Sports
• Kinect Joy Ride
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
• Kinect Adventures!
• Zumba Fitness
• Sonic Freeriders

And although I'm holding out to see the first shooters come to Kinect the launch line up looks creditable and definitely in the league to directly rival the wii with big names like fad sensation Zumba on board. That's right, no more trying to get the Sensor bar to pick up the Wii Controller, no more warnings about jumping on the Wii Balance board. With Kinect, go ahead and jump! Heck, kick, punch, dance, move however you see fit; it's all great with the Kinect.

But Kinect isn't just a game controller, it also enables you to make HD quality video calls from your TV when you have an Xbox Live Gold account. The camera in the Kinect automatically moves and traces you around the room, so you're always perfectly in frame, while multiple omni-directional microphones make sure everyone can be heard. Now it's possible for your whole family to keep in touch with grandparents, that nice family you met on holidays or whoever else, all on your TV! I'm sure more will be announced in the coming months, and I'll do my best to keep you up to date through this blog and twitter.

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Official Kinect Website
Wikipedia Article
Project Natal YouTube Channel

It's always been my plan to establish a new federal political party comprising people from all walks of life (as opposed to the current major parties comprising the wealthy business elite) to truly represent Australians. It's always been the plan to bring back democracy and rid Australia of this elitist leadership whose interests lie with themselves. What wasn't planned was a decision I've made in the last week or so to attempt to run as an independent for the house of reps in this years election. I figure it will create awareness and give me some experience of the voting system from the candidate side.

Of course while I'd love to win and become the federal member for Oxley, and I would hope I would get a reasonable amount of support I don't expect that I will actually win. The primary function of running in this election is to gain experience so that the next election will run smoothly. But as I said, at this stage I'm only attempting to run, as I have a few discussions with the Australian Electoral Commission to have yet, so we'll see how it all turns out and I'll keep you updated. If I do get on the ballet and you live in the federal seat of Oxley, give democracy a kick in the pants and vote for me

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