FED:Gillard continues cabinet tradition

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2010
FED:Gillard continues cabinet tradition

In her first foray at community cabinet as prime minister .. JULIA GILLARD's faced
questions on immigration .. helping impoverished countries .. and Australia's World Cup
bid.

Ms GILLARD and a selection of her team have continued with the community meetings popular
with her predecessor KEVIN RUDD .. and today met with residents at Redcliffe .. north
of Brisbane.

But MR RUDD .. now the foreign minister .. was 12-thousand kilometres away in Kazakhstan
for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe summit.

A number of local issues were raised by attendees at the community meeting .. like
the lack of specialist services in the electorate .. poor internet availability .. and
asylum seekers.

Ms GILLARD ended the meeting by plugging Australia's credentials as a World Cup host
nation for the 2022 event .. but she insisted she didn't have any "inside knowledge".

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KEYWORD: CABINET (REDCLIFFE)

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