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hecaterin
04-14-2008, 03:26 AM
Our soon to be appointed new new governor general (http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2215751.htm?tab=australia)is Quentin Bryce, an amazing woman who's worked for years in human rights and equal opportunity law. Hurrah!

Officially our Head of State is the Queen, but in practice the GG does all the real local work of the job. So now we have as our official top peoples
* The Queen (an anachronism, but there she is)
* The Governor General (soon to be Quentin Bryce)
* The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd, who brings along Therese Rein, who kept her name and is a successful businesswoman who has not quit her job to be Mrs PM.)
* The Deputy Prime Minister (Julia Gillard)

I'm getting all misty. And our Kev told off the Chinese on human rights, too. In perfect mandarin. *sniff* Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.
ravenscape
04-14-2008, 03:30 AM
Our soon to be appointed new new governor general (http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2215751.htm?tab=australia)is Quentin Bryce, an amazing woman who's worked for years in human rights and equal opportunity law. Hurrah!

Officially our Head of State is the Queen, but in practice the GG does all the real local work of the job. So now we have as our official top peoples
* The Queen (an anachronism, but there she is)
* The Governor General (soon to be Quentin Bryce)
* The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd, who brings along Therese Rein, who kept her name and is a successful businesswoman who has not quit her job to be Mrs PM.)
* The Deputy Prime Minister (Julia Gillard)

I'm getting all misty. And our Kev told off the Chinese on human rights, too. In perfect mandarin. *sniff* Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.

Damn, a country with its act together. Can I sleep on your sofa?
kazzaqld
04-14-2008, 08:39 AM
and she's a Queenslander - hecaterin, you better watch out, we are taking over! :D
Ray Moscow
04-14-2008, 01:57 PM
The thread title is displayed as "First Australian Woman Head" until I open it.

I was expecting to see an aboriginal skull, people!
hecaterin
04-15-2008, 01:32 AM
The thread title is displayed as "First Australian Woman Head" until I open it.

I was expecting to see an aboriginal skull, people!What are you reading this on, a mobile phone??
Droopy
04-15-2008, 06:59 AM
And our Kev told off the Chinese on human rights, too. In perfect mandarin. *sniff* Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.

Good ol' Kev almost made me go and get Australian citizenship based on that speech alone.

Almost :D
kiwimac
04-15-2008, 07:10 AM
NZ's had female leaders for years. I do wish we had told off the Chinese but.
Lucretius III
04-15-2008, 01:45 PM
Our soon to be appointed new new governor general (http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2215751.htm?tab=australia)is Quentin Bryce, an amazing woman who's worked for years in human rights and equal opportunity law. Hurrah!

Officially our Head of State is the Queen, but in practice the GG does all the real local work of the job. So now we have as our official top peoples
* The Queen (an anachronism, but there she is)
* The Governor General (soon to be Quentin Bryce)
* The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd, who brings along Therese Rein, who kept her name and is a successful businesswoman who has not quit her job to be Mrs PM.)
* The Deputy Prime Minister (Julia Gillard)

I'm getting all misty. And our Kev told off the Chinese on human rights, too. In perfect mandarin. *sniff* Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.

Just two words to puncture that pride

KEN HAM

:D
Plognark
04-15-2008, 06:24 PM
Just two words to puncture that pride

KEN HAM

:D

pwned.
kazzaqld
04-15-2008, 09:02 PM
Our soon to be appointed new new governor general (http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/200804/s2215751.htm?tab=australia)is Quentin Bryce, an amazing woman who's worked for years in human rights and equal opportunity law. Hurrah!

Officially our Head of State is the Queen, but in practice the GG does all the real local work of the job. So now we have as our official top peoples
* The Queen (an anachronism, but there she is)
* The Governor General (soon to be Quentin Bryce)
* The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd, who brings along Therese Rein, who kept her name and is a successful businesswoman who has not quit her job to be Mrs PM.)
* The Deputy Prime Minister (Julia Gillard)

I'm getting all misty. And our Kev told off the Chinese on human rights, too. In perfect mandarin. *sniff* Makes ya proud to be an Aussie.

Just two words to puncture that pride

KEN HAM

:D

But, but we got rid of him! :mad:
hecaterin
04-16-2008, 03:38 AM
Yeah. He's all yours now. No returns!
Droopy
04-16-2008, 07:26 AM
Same with Mel Gibson. And Rupert Murdoch.
Lucretius III
04-16-2008, 12:10 PM
Yeah. He's all yours now. No returns!


We in the UK got Rolf Harris and it was the Americans who got Ken Ham ,all in all I would say we got the better deal :)
Berthold
04-26-2008, 03:37 PM
The thread title is displayed as "First Australian Woman Head" until I open it.

I was expecting to see an aboriginal skull, people!What are you reading this on, a mobile phone??
I had the full title in sight, and wondered if this would be a historical essay (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page118.asp). :D :wave:

ETA: Just saw it: The "short version" appears on the index page of the whole forum in the coulmn "last post".