Is this personification or a metaphor?

Question:This is from Kevin Rudd's Sorry Speech:

The time has come for the nation TO TURN A NEW PAGE IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

For the future we take heart; RESOLVING THAT THIS NEW PAGE IN HISTORY OF OUR GREAT CONTINENT CAN NOW BE WRITTEN.

and:

... IN SHAPING THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, AUSTRALIA.

I'm confused. Can anybody help by telling me what they are and why? 10 points for best answer.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is from Kevin Rudd's Sorry Speech:

The time has come for the nation TO TURN A NEW PAGE IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

For the future we take heart; RESOLVING THAT THIS NEW PAGE IN HISTORY OF OUR GREAT CONTINENT CAN NOW BE WRITTEN.

and:

... IN SHAPING THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, AUSTRALIA.

I'm confused. Can anybody help by telling me what they are and why? 10 points for best answer.

I agree with Torit, but the first example can technically be considered personification with some creativity; allow me to explain. Australia is a nation, which is an abstract construct--the concept of nation is not tangible. Using the phrase, "for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history" personifies the concept of nation by allowing a nation to perform an action (albeit symbolic) that it can not literally perform: turning a page.

He is using an analogy comparing the countinent to a book, and pages and chapters that can be and have been rewritten to the action of change.

Yep, no metaphor there.. there is no comparison that would show that.