In a sign that Twitter in Australia is edging towards mainstream acceptance, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has opened an account with the growing micro-blogging platform and, in his (or someone else's) words - is "looking forward to communicating with you on Twitter".
Rudd's Twitter adventure comes hot on the heels of Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull who has been on Twitter for a month or so (at time of writing, Turnbull was 88 tweets in front of his opposite number; he has also reportedly been caught Twittering in Parliament - I mean, why wouldn't you?).
Lets hope the PM embraces the medium rather than using it merely as a calculated 'cool tool' (which I suspect is the reasoning behind it).
Other world leaders 'tweeting' include Barack Obama (who probably started the trend, and is at the forefront of political social media) and British PM Gordon Brown.
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