By a landslide, Australia elected a new PM last week and he was sworn in today.
Kevin Rudd's first official act was to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Perhaps I'll say more about that some other time.
By mid-year 2008, Rudd promises to withdraw all of Australia's 550 combat troops from Iraq. Australia has 1500 total troops in Iraq. Some of the other troops will stay to protect the Aussie embassy.
This announced exodus follows Britain's announced draw down made by Gordon Brown in October. Click along the link trail and you can read about the slowly disappearing coalition of the willing.
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