Australia Gets First Aboriginal Government Leader

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Australia Gets First Aboriginal Government Leader
CANBERRA, Australia March 14, 2013 (AP)

Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, in a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the nation's impoverished indigenous population.

Adam Giles was sworn in Wednesday as government head of the Northern Territory, one of two Australian mainland territories which are largely treated as equals to the six states.

He became leader in an internal coup within the ruling conservative Country Liberal Party while the former chief minister Terry Mills was in Japan on a business trip.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who leads a center-left Labor Party government, told Federal Parliament on Thursday that Giles' promotion deserved national recognition.




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1. Too bad he's a damn conservative

It's embarrassing for the Labor party to be beaten to the punch like this.

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2. Heh, you got in first with that...

It's a shame he couldn't have been a left-wing politician who was elected and not one hoisted into power after the old Chief Minister got the sack...