Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The new speaker

The new speaker
Associated Press, Canberra | Thu, 11/24/2011 12:44 PM
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The new speaker: In this photo taken on March 23, 2011, Peter Slipper (right) the deputy speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives, meets with Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, in Parliament House, Canberra. Australia's Parliament elected opposition lawmaker Slipper as its new House speaker on Thursday, following the resignation of former speaker Harry Jenkins; an unprecedented move that strengthens Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power because the speaker does not vote in most cases. (AP/Mark Graham)The new speaker: In this photo taken on March 23, 2011, Peter Slipper (right) the deputy speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives, meets with Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress, in Parliament House, Canberra. Australia's Parliament elected opposition lawmaker Slipper as its new House speaker on Thursday, following the resignation of former speaker Harry Jenkins; an unprecedented move that strengthens Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power because the speaker does not vote in most cases. (AP/Mark Graham)

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