Angry over government policies on immigration and education, an 81-year-old Australian man mailed bullets and detonators to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, other political leaders and leading bankers.

An asylum-seeker boat carrying an estimated 150 people sank Wednesday en route to Australia's Christmas Island, barely a week after another vessel went down in the same area, killing up to 90.

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The Queensland and Australian federal governments are all set to hold a crisis meeting on Thursday in Sydney to discuss the dispute over India's GVK Group's huge USD 6.36 billion Alpha Coal mine proje

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has attacked Queensland officials over their handling of a massive Indian-led US$6.3 billion coal mine project, accusing them of risking investor confidence.

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In a bid to rebuild the image of her Labour party, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday asked her two scandal-tainted MPs, including the Speaker of the Parliament, to quit the party.

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Australia will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday.

Canberra, a key coalition ally of th

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, crushing her arch-rival in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labor party.

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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd confirmed on Friday he will challenge his successor Julia Gillard to lead Australia's ruling party, saying she had lost voters' trust and would crash at the next elect

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday called a ballot on the leadership of the ruling Labor party, bringing to a head an ugly row with predecessor Kevin Rudd.

She said a vote would be h

Australia's foreign minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday, saying he was unable to continue without Prime Minister Julia Gillard's support, paving the way for a challenge to her leadership.

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