Highlight ... the apology to the stolen generations was a landmark for Labor. Photo: Jacky Ghossein How will the Rudd-Gillard years rate on the Wikipedia test? Five years ago today - on November 24, 2007 - Australians elected their first Labor government in more than a decade. Kevin07 was a Labor hero, succeeding where Kim Beazley and Mark Latham had failed. The ALP was in power federally and in every state, the Coalition was routed, its long-term prime minister defeated in his own seat, its long term leader-in-waiting immediately packing his bags and leaving the political stage. Voters were hopeful, in the mood for change. Academics compiled books full of ideas about what Labor should do...
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