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# Brown down under
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/brown-down-under/
- Published: 2007-07-07T09:07:26.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:36:43.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**FYI:** The antipodian blogosphere is already pointing to Brown's reforms as an example to be followed by Australia's inherited parliamentary regime - from [decomposing trees](http://decomposingtrees.blogspot.com/2007/07/brown-deepens-local-democracy-in.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) to [south sea republic](http://www.southsearepublic.org/article/907/read/gordon%5Fbrowns%5Fspeech%5Fon%5Fconstitutional%5Freform?ref=opendemocracy.net) and [Andrew Bartlett](http://andrewbartlett.com/blog/?p=1565&ref=opendemocracy.net). While [David Bath](http://balneus.wordpress.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net) has supported OK's positive [coverage](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/06/25/lets-sign-the-eu-charter/?ref=opendemocracy.net) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.