My eyes are simmering with tears. My heart is full of joy. It's difficult to find sufficient adjectives to articulate exactly what I'm feeling. Just when it seemed as though all was lost -- something to believe in. To celebrate. Regardless of your political persuasions, all would agree it is a momentous day in Australian political history. We have a female Prime Minister. Julia Gillard herself said in her recent press conference that she did not begin her political career to smash through any glass ceiling, but regardless of whether this is her aim -- she has made a giant leap forward for all of us. And now our first female Prime Minister makes her way towards Government House to be sworn in by Australia's first female Governor General. We have hope. As Christopher Reeve once said: 'Once you choose hope, anything's possible.'
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