In case you might be interested in how your elections are viewed in the press here in the US, here is a story published by the Los Angeles Times, a very high profile newspaper in the US media:
Title - "
Gaffe-prone conservative Tony Abbott likely next Australian leader "
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldno...,1851884.story
...and I thought there was no one to carry on the Dubbya-esque torch...
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