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Australia Gets Its First Female Prime Minister

Posted by samzenpus on 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."

19 of 419 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Zonnald · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't know they were dating!?!

  2. I for one... by Opiuman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one, welcome our new ginger overlord

    1. Re:I for one... by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

      How do rustymuffs survive down under, with the hole in the ozone layer and all that?

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  3. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Zonnald · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes. We also have a Queen. Unlike San Francisco which has so many.

  4. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "For fuck's sake" is exactly why I do listen to feminists. =P

  5. Re:Different leader, same old party & policies by H0D_G · · Score: 4, Funny

    "As a women" - Are you a hive mind?

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  6. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You may be barking up the wrong tree there.
    So to speak.

  7. Re:Strewth by MachDelta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear good sir,
    Your sense of humour appears to have crashed.
    Kindly reboot it at your earliest convenience.

    Sincerely,
    The Internet.

  8. Austrialian? Female? by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does she have some sort of pouch in which to store her young?

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  9. Re:Bloodless? by Anonymous Coward · · 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"

  10. Re:But it's AUSTRALIAN "news". by pipedwho · · Score: 4, 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.

  11. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steven "fuckwit" Conroy

    Thats Stephen "fuckwit" Conroy thanks.

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  12. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by thijsh · · Score: 4, Funny

    A ginger female atheist (devilwoman!), excellent!!! As you can see the aussie internet filters that would protect them from 'all the evils' has failed them once again...

  13. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, Türkiye had its 1st woman president back in 1993... I guess you western societies have still lots to learn ;)

  14. Re:Austrialian? Female? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    She is more likely to be of the arachnid Australian variety and hence I would suspect if she had any young she will have already eaten them.

  15. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because, as they say, if females were in leadership positions, there would be only peace in the world.

    It'd last about three weeks.

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  16. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by mwvdlee · · Score: 2, Funny

    So bloodless coups are pretty much the norm in Australia?

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  17. Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The UK had ours in 1979. I think she put us off the idea of trying it again for a long time...

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  18. Re:Bloodless? by Gumbercules!! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well... that depends on the time of month for Ms Gillard, doesn't it?

    I'm sorry.
    So sorry.