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...Rudd voiced regret "for the pain, suffering and hurt" of the country's disadvantaged Aboriginal minority. It was a cloudy morning, but the crowd outside Parliament House was in a sunny mood. People brown and white laughed, embraced and snapped photos. Said Mavis Garrett, 67, an Aboriginal woman from Queensland: "If I see Mr. Rudd, I think I'd just run up and give...
...juvenile counselor. Startled by the young vandal's command of Gorky, Conrad and Steinbeck, the counselor eventually referred Sinclair to a copy-boy position at Wellington's Evening Post. From there, his progress through the newspaper world of New Zealand and Australia was buccaneering: sleeping rough on Queensland's Gold Coast after turning up drunk and late for a job on the Courier-Mail; moving in, at the age of 19, with a thirtyish American stripper named Melodie ("She taught me a lot, and it wasn't just how to carry a tune"); and writing for publications too poor...
...many Australians were saying, If things are so great, why am I not doing well? Howard was governing for the big end of town, not for all Australians. His industrial-relations policies were foreign to Australians and unwelcome. The scale of his defeat says it all. Neville Lines, Redcliffe, Queensland...
...true believers. A reference to the "great Australian trade union movement" and a declaration to be "a P.M. for all Australians - a P.M. for indigenous Australians" draw the loudest cheers. Later, as they spill into the mild Brisbane night, people glance at the bronze statue of Wally Lewis - Queensland's greatest rugby league player - whose finest moments occurred at a pre-renovated version of this stadium. Rudd is no footballer. But on this night, to those who've rejoiced in the end of the Howard era, he is a home-grown hero above all others...
...banner was trying to lead a chant: "Howard forever, Kevin never," oblivious to the giant screen behind him, which now read LABOR WINS. Dennis Baker, a law professor down from Queensland, nodded sadly at the message and said, "We are part of a day in history - a sorry, sorry...