Australia has its first female Prime Minister as Labor’s Julia Gillard assumes the leadership position following the resignation of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the wake of withering support.
While it’s uncertain how Gillard’s ascension will affect the R18+ movement, a Kotaku Australia reader [URL=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/06/does-julia-gillard-support-an-r18-rating-for-games/]submitted the attached image[/URL] depicting Gillard on the cover of adult-rated videogames under the banner “Red Head Redemption.”
Following the government upheaval, [URL=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/kate-lundy-for-it-the-change-we-really-need/]Gizmodo is attempting to start a movement [/URL]to oust the current Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy in favor of Senator Kate Lundy. Conroy is the chief backer of [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/12/15/australia-preparing-censor-internet]a controversial country-wide Internet filter[/URL], while Lundy, according to the tech blog, has “a lot of respect” within the tech community.
About Conroy, Gizmodo wrote: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/06/25/ginger-takes-over-pm-australia][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
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