So, it seems that Australia now has its
first female prime minister.
It's been a pretty exciting last couple of years - both Queensland and New South Wales now have female premiers as well.
The interesting thing though is the fact that (if I remember correctly),
not one of the female leaders were actually elected per se, they were simply appointed after the man in the job quit/stepped down. This theory is now moot since I've been told that Anna Bligh was actually elected :) (And yes, I realise that when Australia votes, it's for the party, not the person. But the leader of the party when it got elected was a man, not a woman.) I'm not quite sure what that means, other than, hmm...it's interesting.
Would be curious to see what difference a female PM would have on the country!
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The female premier of Queensland was actually elected, which made her the first female elected leader.
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