Graffiti vandals attack Labor's SA branch office
There have been mixed reactions across the country following last night’s change in leadership for the Labor party.
Labor’s South Australian headquarters in Adelaide has been targeted in a graffiti attack.
Vandals spray painted the words ‘Happy now Kevin?’ onto a front window of the Labor party’s South Australian branch office on Gilles St overnight.
The attack came just hours after Kevin Rudd defeated Julia Gillard in a leadership ballot in Canberra, reclaiming the job he lost in 2010.
There has been mixed reaction to the leadership change from locals in her Victorian seat of Lalor.
Supporters of Julia Gillard have delivered flowers to her home in Altona, and her electorate office in Werribee, the centre of the seat.
One voter hung a skeleton outside the office to symbolise the death of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Julia Gillard has been a member for Lalor, in Melbourne's west, since 1988, a seat she will vacate at the election.
In Queensland, voters gathered in Kevin Rudd's electorate of Griffith to celebrate his return to the top job.
The new PM is due to address the house at noon (AEST) to pay tribute to the previous Labor leadership under Julia Gillard.
He will then prepare for question time at 2pm, but AAP has been told the government is not expecting to face a no-confidence motion.
Mr Rudd and his camp are still discussing the timing of the federal election.
Ms Gillard had set a September 14 poll, and while new Labor deputy leader Anthony Albanese has said there won't be a "massive change" from that date, it could be earlier.
If a new poll was called for August 24, the writs would have to be issued on July 23.
An election must be held between 33 days and 68 days from the day the writs are issued, according to the Australian Election Commission.
Meanwhile, Mr Rudd's staff are camped in Mr Albanese's office for the time being.
