Australia's newly elected Prime Minister Julia Gillard pledged to serve a full term after scraping back into power but her fragile coalition was immediately hit by discord over a new tax Wednesday.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, pictured on September 7, pledged to serve a full term after scraping back into power but her fragile coalition was immediately hit by discord over a new tax Wednesday.
Welsh-born Gillard, who cobbled together a one-seat majority helped by three independents and a Greens MP after inconclusive polls, promised the nation's first minority government since World War II would be "stable and effective".
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
