Australia gets first woman PM.

[stimpy 10]

worse thing is Rudd hardly put up a fight.

 

he knew he was on his way out and couldnt stop it. Been mixed reviews over here about it but only time will tell.

[callippo 10]

good to see a left of center political party being in the real world, waking up and smelling the coffee, and seeing the dire need to replace their leader if they are to have any chance of winning forthcoming elections. Perhaps they learnt a lesson from their UK counterparts, who ought to have booted Brown out to better their chances of clinging on to power.

[SiSiSi 10]

Hang on, it gets worse. She's Welsh!!!!!

[Berberis 10]

Well they are 20 years behind the UK on fashion, why would they not be 20 years behind the UK when it comes to politics

[boyfriday 21]

The Aus deputy PM is called Wayne Swan.

 

Where else but Australia would you get a potential leader named Wayne?

 

..and a leader called Shelagh

[poppins 10]

Australia.......next Superpower

[johncocker 10]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia_pacific/10393918.stm

 

Do people never learn?

Aus was doing so well, one of the leading lights.

Having a female trying to run the show was the beginning of all the trouble in this country.

Women should stay in the kitchen, where they can do less damage.

 

you"ve got to be joking what with the billions wasted on the B.E.R. shambles the mining tax in W.A plus the insulation fiasco he's wasted billions of tax dollars .

[Daven 10]

Could she be any worse than the UK's recently-departed Prime Minister though?

 

Could anybody, for that matter?

 

I think that the lovely Margaret would give him a run for his money in the lack of popularity stakes.

[artisan 10]

Are you sure about that, Arty?

 

Is this leading onto an anti-Thatcher rant?

 

Not yet, I have only just got back home after a day spent saving the Universe.

[Scozzie 10]

Australia.......next Superpower

 

No thanks!!!

 

just work hard, play hard.

[zepstox 10]

Well they are 20 years behind the UK on fashion, why would they not be 20 years behind the UK when it comes to politics

They don't do fashion, it's too warm. Shorts, thongs (flip flops to the phillistines) and AC-DC t-shirts are all you need. John Howard was quite a bloke, far too politically incorrect for this cissy forum though. http://tinyurl.com/323xrw9

[mojoworking 10]

They don't do fashion, it's too warm. Shorts, thongs (flip flops to the phillistines) and AC-DC t-shirts are all you need. John Howard was quite a bloke, far too politically incorrect for this cissy forum though. http://tinyurl.com/323xrw9

 

Ah, that old chestnut. John Howard never said any of that or anything remotely like it.

 

Not a word of that is true. It's an internet hoax that has been doing the rounds for years, prompting people to say "If only our leader had the balls to say/do that kind of thing".

 

Sorry to explode the myth, but the leaders of western countries simply couldn't get away with saying stuff like that. It's an adaptation of something that appeared on an American forum some years ago and has mysteriously been attributed to the former Aussie leader.

Edited June 25, 2010 by mojoworking