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    Prime Minister: Billy Hughes student name: Lani:) Due Date: 25/5/2018 Information (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I. His influence on national politics spanned several decades. Hughes was a member of parliament from 1901 until his death. He represented six political parties during his career, leading five, outlasting four

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    anarchist uncle; politicians are selfish individuals who brilliantly spin webs of deceit only to create power for themselves and serve their own egos. And so it would seem, that Malcolm Turnbull – an undeniably professional politician who rose to prime ministership undemocratically – perhaps embodies these aforementioned qualities more than most. This apparently, isn’t the case, at least according to his wife, daughter and two mates (and a less friendly journo, Malcolm Farr) when interviewed on

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    constitution. A president is chosen by the people whereas a prime minister is chosen by legislature. One of the reasons presidents are less powerful than prime ministers is because no sitting member of congress can hold office in an executive branch, where as a person chosen by a prime minister to be in the cabinet are always members of parliament. That is a huge difference because the prime ministers pick all of their cabinet ministers from among parliament. This is a great way to exercise control

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    unprecedented period of parliament stability, and ultimately limited the powers of the king.’ (Barnett, 2002 p654). Political power had now shifted from the king to his chosen first minister. Parliament at this time could not be described as

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    The norm of journalism is to present information or news to the general public via mass media. Thus, it plays an important part in everyday life. Notwithstanding, media have a vigorous relation with politics especially among the democratic societies (Fernandez-Quijada 2013). Moreover, the media is also perceived as the "fourth estate" due to the fact that it able to influence and affects the perceptions of the general public towards the political movement (Kemp 2013). However, in comparison to the

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    Sir Edmond Barton was the first Australian Prime Minister to gain seat of power in the government. He was a member of the Protectionist party. He was the Prime Minister and was in office from the 1st of January, 1901, to 24th of September, 1903. Through Barton, many great things were brought to Australia, such as the Audit Act, which brought accountability in government spending. Barton was born in Glebe, New South Wales, and was the ninth child of English parents; William Barton, a stockbroker,

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    stamp act was repealed, the parliament, the prime minister, and King George III stilled passed the declaratory act of 1776. Some of King George III”s impact were so big like the Treaty of Paris that Britain said that sealed America’s

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    brand as the PM designate of BJP. Many Congress leaders were taking personal potshots at him. During the AICC meeting at Delhi's Talkatora stadium on January 17, 2014, Aiyar said, “I promise you in 21st Century Narendra Modi will never become the Prime Minister of the country. But if he wants to distribute tea here, we will find a place for him.” This comment did not go down well with the voters. Modi used every opportunity to cash in on this remark to project his 'Aam Aadmi' image. 02 “Decision

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    As we know, Tun Abdullah had a different style of leadership during his premiership compared to those previous Prime Ministers. Tun was known as one who practiced open leadership, soft and accommodating style but some citizen look at it as in a quiet way. He was looked up as one who possessed a very soft personality. There are three main components of Tun’s style of leadership which are, participation, accommodation and consensus. To define participation, it is said to take place when it involves

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    Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female Prime Minister who had served from 1979 to 1990. The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, depicts Thatcher’s late-life struggle with dementia, as she remembers her early life and her political career. From the movie we can tell that she was a very strong and powerful woman who was devoted to her career. In her late eighties she feels regret since she had mainly focused on her political career and did not really care about her family. She had made several decisions

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