- The SMH has collated a list of international responses to Australia's leadership fiasco. I'll add an interesting piece from WonkBlog which looks at possible climate change policy impacts of Rudd's re-ascension.
- Speaking of climate change, here are two responses to President Obama's speech; one liberal, one conservative.
- The link between Edward Snowden and constitutionalism in China.
- Reddit collects the world's best intellectual jokes. (H/t MR.)
- Al Jazeera reports that Qataris are praising the royal transition from Sheikh Hamad to Sheikh Tamim.
- It is in China as it was in America: copying is the first step to innovation.
- Given the instability in Australian politics right now, I find the formal letters from Gillard and Rudd to the Governor-General both poignant and reassuring. The system works; our traditions and institutions are intact:
Thursday links: Rudd and Gillard, climate change, copyright and more
Published 27 Jun 2013
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