March 21, 2013

Australia's Brutal Coup Culture

Nick Bryant, BBC News

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Australia has one of the most brutal political cultures in the democratic world, in which party leaders are dispatched with abandon. As yet another prime minister faces down a threat from her own side, has the country become the "coup capital" of the world?

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