February 11, 2012

Kristina Keneally

Kristina Keneally

Delmer from Ohio may be interested to know the new Premier of New South Wales grew up in the Buckeye State. According to Wikipedia, Kristina Keneally was born Kristina Kerscher in the United States in 1969 to an American father and an Australian mother. She grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and was educated at the [...]

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Malcolm Turnbull

Whether you agree with Malcolm Turnbull on climate change or not (I don’t) you have to admire his gutsy performance.

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Billy Hughes

I’ve just finished reading “Billy Hughes” by Aneurin Hughes (not related). The sub-title is “Prime Minister and controversial founding father of the Australian Labor Party”. It’s not a full biography and tries to paint a portrait of the man, rather than the politician. But Hughes lived for politics, becoming the longest serving elected member in [...]

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