Here’s what the papers are saying both here and abroad about what Mr Rudd yesterday called a “new beginning for Australia”. Compiled by Thomas Hunter.
New prime minister
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
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2020: what global warming did next
Lets imagine it’s 2020 in a warmer world. The future is not as bleak as we once feared it might be. Global greenhouse emissions peaked five years ago in 2015. The world has weathered the worst point in tackling the climate change problem. Now unprecedented cooperation between nations, rich and poor, continues to reduce greenhouse pollution each year.
Yes, Prime Minister. All change for the public service
Only half joking, senior public servants have been commenting on how much better the country has been running during the caretaker period, without an elected government running the show. That is all about to change, writes Stephen Bartos.
Gordon Brown takes on the constitution
Britain’s new Prime Minister Gordon Brown set off an interesting debate this week with his first major statement to the House of Commons, in which he outlined plans for broad constitutional reform.
