Novel comes to life

I'm reading a fiction book at the moment about the first female president of the USA (J Archer, The prodigal daughter). I was thinking about countries that have female leaders, and wondering if/when the USA and Aust. would have one. I was reading it yesterday then went online. A headline flicked passed my eyes about a female PM in Australia. I thought maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me, how could we have a new PM, did I miss something? Later that night BBC told me there had been a Ruddless coup.