'Penny Wong, Labor's leader in the Senate, said it was an...

'Penny Wong, Labor's leader in the Senate, said it was an historic day for all Australians.
"Today we stand on the cusp of a remarkable achievement and an historic event, and we pause briefly to reflect, just for a moment, on what we are a part of," she said.'

Send people to Mars did we? No
Cure cancer did we? No
Unlock the potential of the quantum realm did we? No
Eliminate poverty did we? No
Create the framework for world peace did we? No

It is probably just me, but the platitudes for this 'event' seem to be remarkably overblown.