Sep 15 2015
Does Australia’s New PM Really Represent A Change From Tony Abbott?
GUEST: Binoy Kampmark, Senior Lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, within the Bachelor of Social Science program at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He writes for Counterpunch.org.
The Australian government saw a major change on Monday with the defeat of the Liberal Party’s Tony Abbott. Prime Minister Abbott had provoked global ire over his conservative positions on climate change in particular, but also social issues like same-sex marriage. He will now be replaced by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who the New York Times described as a “moderate liberal… and a former investment banker and lawyer.”
At a press conference Turnbull said that Abbott, “has not been capable of providing the economic leadership our nation needs. He has not been capable of providing the economic confidence that business needs.” Turnbull will be Australia’s fifth Prime Minister in five years, and according to the BBC, “Many in his party dislike his support for climate change action and gay marriage.”
Despite its name, the Liberal Party is Australia’s conservative party.
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