Rudd's Labour Defeated in Australia

Australian PM Kevin Rudd is on the way out after losing to a coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party in the latest elections:

http://news.sky.com/story/1138436/australia-election-abbott-wins-as-rudd-concedes

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/07/us-australia-election-idUSBRE98503J20130907

In some ways this seems reminiscent of the Tory-NDP combine which ousted the Liberal Party in Britain. The Liberal-National coalition and its conservative leader Tony Abbott were being heavily supported by Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate. Hopefully the new govt will do more to repair ties with India which were damaged by Rudd's pro-China tilt.