The summit logo reflected those ambitions, depicting a new dawn breaking and the three words: stability, growth, jobs.
Because the rhetoric in no way reflected the reality of two and a half years of compromise.
Overall, the speech reflected the Liberal Democrats typically positive attitude to the challenges that lie ahead.
In a presentation to the national rural health conference in Darwin last week, Chalmers and Smith reflected on the personal toll the last year took on them and their patients who are primarily from the Rio Tinto community.
"It was very convenient from 2005 to a few years ago to be this person moaning about stuff because, in my mind, it seemed that the critical perception of me as good was not reflected by my audience sizes or anything like that.
It reflected the continued surge in popularity of smartphones and tablets, with a total of 30m downloads of the BBC's iPlayer app since its launch including 150,000 on Christmas Day.
As above, multi-factored decisions can be reflected in the data.
That shared language is also reflected in the live band, which combines flamenco with hip-hop beats.
The lack of support leaves international students feeling that they pay more and are treated worse than home students, which is reflected in lower international student satisfaction scores.
The poll also reflected a significant split along constitutional lines in people's reasons for supporting different parties in the general election.
Public contempt for politicians is now reflected in low poll turnouts.
