Australia PM Gillard handed power by independents
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks after she finally secured enough independents to form the new government at Parliament House in Canberra. Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades.
The country's first woman leader, who came to office in a party revolt just 10 weeks ago, scraped over the line to form a government with support from the "kingmakers" after 17 days of frantic post-election negotiations.
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