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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dj gamaya" data-source="post: 8859132" data-attributes="member: 61857">04. Julia Gillard, Prime  Minister of Australia<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iTGXYFIkfkA/TO0cne1GdmI/AAAAAAAAdpo/GXQ3qLytRhk/s1600/07+Julia-Gillard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />After she helped orchestrate a Labor Party coup that ousted Prime  Minister Kevin Rudd on June 24, 2010, Gillard, 48, became Australia’s  first female PM. Tasked with rebuilding dwindling support for her party,  she called snap elections just three weeks into office, hoping to  benefit from her bounce in public opinion. But the Aug. 21 election  proved inconclusive: neither Gillard’s center-left government nor the  Liberal-National coalition led by Tony Abbott were able to secure an  outright majority. The stalemate finally broke on Sep. 7. After more  than two weeks of protracted negotiation with a handful of independent  candidates, Gillard secured a 76-74 majority in parliament to form a  minority government.</blockquote>

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