The resignation of Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has stoked speculation the country’s government could be plunged into a new crisis.
Australia’s plan to hit mining projects with a new tax might have upset resource companies, but it could prove popular with voters.
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/ 24 November 2007
Australia’s Labour party claimed victory in national elections on Saturday, signalling an end to 11 years of conservative government led by Prime Minister John Howard. "On the numbers we are seeing tonight, Labour is going to form a government," Labour’s deputy leader, Julia Gillard, told Australian television.