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11.24.07New governmentThere has been a change of Government in Australia today. The polls were right, the Labour Party had it in the bag. John Howard has resigned. Long live Kevin Rudd. Australia has enjoyed an economic boom during Howard's ten years in power. Personal wealth in Australia has grown higher relative to most of the rest of the countries in the world. This boom has been largely driven demand from China and other countries for Australia's raw materials, of which there are plenty. Labour is entering power at a very uncertain time. The sub-prime crisis combined with disruption in the Middle East, changing global hierachies and the threat ...
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11.22.07The final countdownOnly a few days until Australians go to the polls. The Liberal Party got busted in the New South Wales seat of Lindsay for distributing materials purporting to come from an Islamic group, which supported the Labour Party. Pretty shocking tactics... All we've heard about during the run up to the election is the two party perferred vote polling. I can't help but wonder if the Greens have the potential to skew the results somewhat given the fact that environmental concerns are high on most people's agenda and as there is little to separate the parties from a policy perspective. Is there a mood ...
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10.10.07Gordon errsI agree with Colin Byrne that Gordon Brown's idea of a snap election in November was a bad idea. It's like a CEO nominating himself for employee of the month during his first week in the job! Not cool. I am living overseas, but I like Gordon Brown. I just wished he'd recognised that he needs to prove himself before he can expect the backing of the general populace, regardless of the gap between his party and the Cons. That's not rocket science. See this article in The Times for more on this. Related posts:Gordon Brown on YouTube does more harm than good
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