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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Oz Chooses

Australia will be run by Prime Minister Gillard in a minority government aided by dribs and drabs that decided to back her:

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades.

Will a government built on such a shaky foundation do more than continue existing policies and try to survive for three years until a new election? Can such a government be ambitious for more than that?