Election in Australia

The first Welsh born Prime Minister in world history has called an election down under.
Here’s the Sydney Morning Herald’s take on the election – Untested leaders take timid steps to scare their way into office .
And the Guardian Report
It is impossible to resist speculation as to how Labour would have done here if someone had initiated a Gillard type coup..
For the anoraks in our midst – AustralianPolitics.com
Good chemistry between the contenders – strange..
P.S. Browsing the Australian press, as you do, I came across this nice piece on Bob Hawke – Days of beers and tantrums


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