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...Julia Gillard "We are going to make sure people have a safety net." Experience: Deputy Labor leader and shadow Industrial Relations minister since Dec. '06 One of Labor's strongest performers, Gillard would be Australia's first female Deputy P.M. Attacked as too close to unions, she managed to occupy middle ground in the important industrial-relations debate. She's been unflappable in the face of personal attacks, including a Liberal M.P.'s outburst that she was "deliberately barren...
...Alexander Downer "Being Foreign Minister is the second best thing in politics in Australia." Experience: Foreign Affairs Minister since 1996; former Liberal leader Scion of an Adelaide political dynasty, Downer has led Australia's forays into world affairs for a decade, from peacekeepers in East Timor and the Solomons to combat troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. He has energetically promoted ties with Asia, notably Indonesia and China, but is reportedly keen to swap departure lounges for budgets if Costello becomes...
...Lindsay Tanner "Australia is one of the few countries in the world where academic is a term of derision." Experience: Shadow Minister for Finance since 2005 Seen as one of Labor's thinkers, Tanner has published several books, most recently arguing that Australians are "losing our sense of connection with each other." The former trade union leader has received less attention than some of his colleagues but would make an interesting member of a Labor Cabinet. Rudd has confirmed he would be Finance Minister...
...lake in Western Victoria, Bob McClelland is harvesting wheat - and grateful to be doing it. Thanks to a little rain and a pipeline from the Murray River, McClelland's farm is surviving the six-year drought that's parched much of southeast Australia. He isn't sure if it's just one of the region's periodic dry spells or if, as some scientists say, it's been worsened by global warming. But "I'm a bit of a believer in climate change," he says. "All those Arctic glaciers melting - there must be something happening...
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