Australia Gets Its First Female Prime Minister 419
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from the sheila-in-chief dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Julia Gillard has been elected unopposed to the Labor leadership, seizing power in a bloodless Parliament House coup after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd decided not to contest this morning's leadership ballot. Ms. Gillard will now be sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister. Emerging from this morning's meeting, she said she felt 'very honored' and said she would be making a statement shortly. Treasurer Wayne Swan now steps up as deputy prime minister. He was also elected unopposed."
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:5, Funny)
I for one... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
How do rustymuffs survive down under, with the hole in the ozone layer and all that?
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:5, Funny)
"For fuck's sake" is exactly why I do listen to feminists. =P
Re:Different leader, same old party & policies (Score:5, Funny)
"As a women" - Are you a hive mind?
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:2, Funny)
You may be barking up the wrong tree there.
So to speak.
Re:Strewth (Score:5, Funny)
Dear good sir,
Your sense of humour appears to have crashed.
Kindly reboot it at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
The Internet.
Austrialian? Female? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bloodless? (Score:1, Funny)
Julia Gillard has been elected unopposed to the Labor leadership, seizing power in a bloodless Parliament House coup after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd decided not to contest this morning's leadership ballot.
Oh come on. Did you really need to tell us that the parliamentary "coup" in Australia was bloodless?
Here in Australia where the capitol punishment is getting kicked in the butt with a giant boot, this is considered "bloodless"
Re:But it's AUSTRALIAN "news". (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot is just working its way through the alphabet of centric foci:
America
Apple
Australia
In October, we'll be expecting a slurry of submissions from Bavaria, followed subsequently by the BBC, Belgium and some guy called Bill.
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:5, Funny)
Steven "fuckwit" Conroy
Thats Stephen "fuckwit" Conroy thanks.
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, Türkiye had its 1st woman president back in 1993... I guess you western societies have still lots to learn ;)
Re:Austrialian? Female? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:3, Funny)
It'd last about three weeks.
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:3, Funny)
So bloodless coups are pretty much the norm in Australia?
Re:"First Female PM" is not news. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bloodless? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sorry.
So sorry.