Aussie PM introduces contentious floods tax
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday introduced contentious legislation for a one-off tax to help pay for devastating floods which killed 35 people and swamped thousands of home
Aus PM seeks change in Egypt's leadership
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sought an immediate change in Egypt's leadership as she expressed deep concern over the growing violence in that country.
Australia resumes hunt for refugee boat victims as toll rises
The Rescuers scoured treacherous seas today for survivors of a refugee boat wreck that killed at least 28 people off Australia, renewing heated debate on the grim plight of boat people travelling from
Australian PM Gillard’s majority becomes slim
Sept. 23: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s wafer-thin ruling majority became even more fragile on Thursday after the conservative Opposition backed out of a deal over the prized job of parlia
Labor, Coalition agree on independents demand for Par reform
Australia's 'kingmaker' MPs on Monday struck a deal on parliamentary reform with both the Labor and the Coalition, inching closer to a decision on which side they would support following over two week
Oz hung, first woman PM may lose her job
Sydney, Aug. 21: Australia faced its first hung parliament in 70 years on Saturday after a furious voter backlash against the Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader just eight
Oz Julia Gillard takes lead in opinion polls
With just a week left for voting, Australia appears to be headed for a closest ever election race as the ruling Labor and Opposition Liberal parties running neck-to-neck, but opinion polls gave Prime
Australian octopus predicts Gillard's poll victory
Melbourne, July 17: So what if Octopus Paul has retired after the FIFA World Cup -- Australia's own psychic devilfish has staked claim to being its successor predicting the victory of Prime Minister J