Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull narrowly survived a leadership challenge as discontent with his rule boiled over
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he will step down as Labor leader because voters punished the party for internal warfare.
An Australian women’s group has defended ousted prime minister Julia Gillard, saying she had battled "gross disrespect" while in office.
Leading a minority government and facing a hostile media made it difficult for Julia Gillard to succeed.
A teary-eyed Julia Gillard conceded to her Labour Party rival Kevin Rudd, and talked about what her term as prime minister might mean for other women.
An Australian radio host has been suspended after pressing Prime Minister Julia Gillard on air whether her hairdresser boyfriend Tim Mathieson is gay.
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has backed her government’s choice to leave the bodies of drowned asylum-seekers in the ocean.
Australia prime minister Julia Gillard will lead the government until September after her rival, Kevin Rudd, said he did not have enough support.
Leader of Australia Julia Gillard’s face is said to have turned to stone when partner Tim Mathieson made a bigoted joke at an official reception.
Tony Abbott, Australia’s politician damned as a misogynist by Julia Gillard, has plunged himself into a new row over his attitude towards women.
Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard has announced a sharp reversal in her government’s policy on asylum seekers on Monday.
A credible plan to address Europe’s long-running debt crisis appears to be emerging slowly but surely, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>
The resignation of Australia’s Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has stoked speculation the country’s government could be plunged into a new crisis.
Julia Gillard had to be bundled out of a restaurant during medals presentation as Aboriginal rights protesters demonstrated against Australia Day.
Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard has boosted her chances of surviving a full term after an opposition lawmaker defected to become speaker.
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/ 30 October 2011
About 70 000 stranded passengers have been hoping a workplace regulator would end the grounding of Qantas Airways’s fleet over an industrial row.
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/ 13 September 2011
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has introduced her government’s carbon tax plans into Parliament to legislate a price on pollution.
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/ 3 September 2011
UN leader Ban Ki-moon says he has concerns about Australian’s treatment of asylum seekers after its plans to transfer them to Malaysia, were blocked.
Australia unveiled plans on Sunday to slap a carbon tax of A$23 a tonne on its 500 worst polluters from 2012.
A year after she ousted previous Labour leader Kevin Rudd, only one in four Australians say they would vote for her.
Australian sports and political figures on Monday paid tribute to Lionel Rose, the first Aboriginal boxer to win a world title.
Lights will go out around the world on Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign.
The UK prepares for its first face and hand transplant, while Google’s plan to digitise every book is slapped down.
Floodwater rose across a vast area in Australia’s northeast on Friday, inundating 22 towns, forcing 200 000 residents out of their homes.
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/ 16 December 2010
The death of 28 asylum seekers has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to soften Australia’s asylum policy.
Australia said it would urgently send fire-fighting experts to Israel to help it combat a massive blaze that has raged for three days.
Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, pledged to serve a full term after scraping back into power.
Australian financial markets bet on Monday that inconclusive weekend elections would deliver a change of government.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday reassured voters she would deliver "stable and effective" government.
With polling day on Saturday, Australia’s first woman prime minister is working overtime to overcome a strong challenge for her opposer.
Australia could have its first minority government in 70 years, with an poll showing the Labour party drawing level with the conservative opposition.
Julia Gillard’s chances of winning an August 21 election were boosted with a poll showing voters overwhelmingly preferred her as prime minister.