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AND NOBODY CARED: The new Australian prime minister guy didn’t show up for work, at the parliament, in Australia. So he was replaced with a cardboard cutout that’s just as useful. [The Age]

Over the weekend in Australia, incumbent Prime Minister John Howard, known for hugging and kissing George W. Bush like all the time, lost his power to the Labor party’s debonair Kevin Rudd. Howard is in his eleventh year as prime minister, and his tenure has seen consistent growth, full employment and low long-term interest rates. But eleven years is the new zillion years, so this Rudd guy can take over now. Besides, Rudd’s going to apologize formally to the Aborigines! Because only state apologies can cure widespread poverty and centuries of racial oppression. [Time]