THE TELEGRAPH: Julia Gillard, the Australia's Labour Prime Minister, has clung onto power after forming a fragile coalition government with a majority of one seat in the country's parliament.
The country's first woman leader, who came to office after a Labour revolt just 10 weeks ago, scraped over the line to form a government with support from the "kingmakers" after 17 days of frantic post-election talks.
After two weeks of negotiations following inconclusive election results, the country's first woman leader scraped over the line to form a government ahead of conservative rival Tony Abbott.
"Labour is prepared to govern," she said. "I believe the Australian people, given the closeness of this vote, want us to find more common ground in the national interest."
"I will work tirelessly to do what we said we would do, and that is to forge a new paradigm of modern government in this country," We are prepared to go forward to serve the Australian people. I begin this task more optimistic and more confident than ever before in the Australian people and our hopes and aspirations." >>> | Tuesday, September 07, 2010
