The Northern Territory has a new chief minister. That is perhaps not notable enough for fructovotantes except that Giles is Austraia’s first indigenous head of government and for the manner in which he deposed his predecessor. Terry Mills was replaced as leader of the Country Liberal Party, and therefore as chief minister, while attending a trade mission in Japan. Presumably he phoned in his resignation to the Administrator of the Territory.
That makes two head of government removals on the Coalition side in a fortnight.
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Ironically, only Thursday last week I was listening to Murri [*] Country community radio station in Queensland. The host and interviewee (both Indigenous blokes) mentioned Adam Giles’ move for the NT CLP leadership. Both agreed that (a) Giles could have had the Deputy position on demand without a contest, but (b) the CLP caucus was not ready to dump Terry Mills, so (c) by demanding the top job – “wanting to be king and not settle for prince,” one of the two described it – Giles had sunk his hopes for the foreseeable future and would have to do a lot of bridge-building.
Well.
[*] “Murri” = Aborigines in the Queensland area. Overseas news reports sometimes use “Koori” for all indigenous peoples but it properly means the New South Wales/ Victoria regions only. Australia’s Indigenous population, unlike its population generally, is concentrated in Queensland, the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia, so while Kooris are more familiar and proximate to the media and political players in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, they are a minority among first nations Australians overall. “Aborigine” and (as an adjective, not a noun) “Aboriginal” are, to my knowledge, quite acceptable in current usage.
Seed planted by Tom Round — 17 March 2013 @ 20:39
Deposed in a coup while out of the country. As political footnotes go, that’s picturesque at least.
There is something of the golpista in every Australian politician, isn’t there?
Seed planted by DC — 19 March 2013 @ 04:24
I blame single-menber electorates. I am sure the members of the Tasmanian house of assembly and the ACT legislative assembly would never stoop so low.
Seed planted by Alan — 19 March 2013 @ 13:31