Meet Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s new — and smiley — Prime Minister. A multi-millionaire, former lawyer, investment banker and tech entrepreneur, Turnbull deposed the growingly unpopular Tony Abbott “in a lightning coup after declaring the country needed new leadership and a clear economic vision,” The Courier-Mail wrote on Tuesday’s front page. Turnbull, backed by Australia’s Foreign […]
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THE AUSTRALIAN, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, ABC NEWS (Australia) Worldcrunch CANBERRA – Australia’s lower house of Parliament unanimously passed a historic bill on Wednesday recognizing Aboriginals as the first inhabitants of Australia. Parliament voted in favor of an act of recognition which commits Australia to changing its Constitution to acknowledge indigenous Australians, reports the Australian. Prime […]