THE TELEGRAPH: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on August 21 according to a new opinion poll.
Miss Gillard, who became prime minister five weeks ago, has had her election campaign hampered by government in-fighting and damaging cabinet leaks.
Defeat for Miss Gillard, though still considered unlikely by most other opinion polls and political experts, would sink her plans to place a 30 per cent tax on iron ore and coal mines, to introduce carbon-trading and to build a $33 billion broadband network.
Miss Gillard took the leadership of Australia from unpopular premier Kevin Rudd, who was dumped by his own Labor MPs.
But their gamble on the country's first woman prime minister leading them back to government is looking riskier by the day. >>> | Saturday, July 31, 2010
