Daily Telegraph prints rare afternoon edition to mark Julia Gillard becoming PM
Sydney’s Daily Telegraph has publish a special edition this afernoon covering the dramatic switch of Prime Minister from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard.
The special edition also carries coverage of this morning’s Socceroos match with Serbia, which saw the team win but still bow out of the World Cup.
Daily Telegraph editor Garry Linnell said: “By creating this unique special edition, we continue our strong legacy of being Sydney’s first choice for breaking news.”
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ister title The Herald Sun also produced a special edition for Melbourne.
The last tienm that the tele printed a late edition was a 6am special for Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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“By creating this unique special edition, we continue our strong legacy of being Sydney’s first choice for breaking news.”
Well, apart from the Internet.
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An afternoon edition of the Daily Tele? I thought they called that mX.
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Julia Gillard has only a short time to prove that she can handle the top job as PM. Given her track-record in two and a half years with BER budget blow-outs and mismanagement, luck will need to be on her side to win the election against Tony Abbott!
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and if the PM thing doesn’t work out she’s dressed and ready for season 3 of Masterchef
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What a hide she has, didn’t want to know about the top job last week and look at her now. I can’t believe that they treated Mr. Rudd like that.
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*Herald
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The Daily Telegraph website was the first Sydney newspaper site to publish the results. SMH a few minutes after.
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And should the Mad Monk happen to win … you will all be welcome in Zimbabwe.
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