Goodness gracious, how could this happen? A woman Prime Minister in Oz! Heaven help us, why isn’t she at home looking after the hubby and the kids?
Probably because she doesn’t have either and how can you take seriously as PM a barren spinster who mashes her vowels with a sledgehammer. No way I’ll be voting for her.
Well that’s the thinking of some people and a similar conversation overheard in the local supermarket by one of MP’s fitness class partners.
A woman reins supreme in Oz for the first time in our history and we could say about time too considering Oz was one of the first countries in the world to give women the vote.
Good one, Julia Gillard.
We had a lady PM for a while… er, what was her name? oh yes, I remember. Kim Campbell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell
She didn’t last long. I hope yours has more staying power.
An election is due later in the year so she may not last either. A couple of crucial policy decisions in the next month or two will determine her fate.
I remember Kim Campbell’s rise and fall and it made interesting reading.
Good luck and congratulations to her!
The Independent has an article about the 15 women taking over the world.
At least she didn’t have to be born in Oz to take the top job. I look forward to the day when having a ‘female’ in a top job will be accepted as normal!
Yes, you right. Maybe the day will come when a black man is elected President and a woman as a Prime Minister and no one blinks an eye.
Wtg, let the games begin. Hope she’s got some good help.
Her first big job is to negotiate the 40% super tax proposal with the mining industry. If she gets that through in the next week or so, her halo will be shining.