A shocking development happened here in Australia on Thursday morning. First, the Prime Minister was replaced by his own party just a few months before an election. Second, the new Prime Minister is a woman, for the first time in Australia's history.
The new Prime Minister, JULIA GILLARD, is a very good speaker and I do hope she makes some good decisions in the next few months. She has elections coming up soon, most likely in August, and I do hope that she gets (re)elected, as the Opposition is lead by a bumbling idiot, also knows as Tony Abbott.
Australian governments have fixed terms of three years, which make it difficult to accomplish much during one term, as you have to fight for re-election quickly after you've started governing.
Australia was run by a Liberal (Conservative, Republican-type) government for 11 years from 1996 to 2007, which had moved country towards right-wing policies and measures. The country would benefit from being nudged a bit to the left.
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