If you were living in Sydney, none of this would be news, because you’d be used to women in power. In January, the 180-year old Sydney Morning Herald appointed its first female editor, the formidable Amanda Wilson. Conservative premier Anna Bligh steered the ship when her state, Queensland, was recently hit by devastating floods. Julia Gillard, an unapologetically childless, state-educated atheist has been prime minister since June 2010 Lara Giddings, from a similarly modest background, is premier of Tasmania. In Australia, it’s an array of tough women whose rise has not been down to bloodlines or schooling, but to grit and determination. Look at the people who run the two countries. We’re leaving Britain behind for all kinds of reasons-not least because, as one British expat friend recently put it: “In Australia, no one can box you into a corner unless you want to be boxed into that corner. On 6th April, my daughter, two sons and I are getting on a plane to join my husband in Sydney. Women in charge: Julia Gillard (right) and MP Kirsten Livermore survey recent flood damage
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