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Australia in political limbo after voters punish government
UPDATED Voters fail to hand Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the stability he craved in calling an election
Australian conservatives edge ahead in Brexit shadow
Australia s ruling party used the Brexit vote to warn against voting for Labor in upcoming elections
Australia PM vows stability to counter Brexit chaos
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges voters to re elect his coalition government on July 2
Australia's opposition party vows fierce fight in election
The July 2 poll is tipped to be a tight race and could see the ruling Liberal National coalition become the first government in more than 8 decades to be turfed out of office after one term
Australian PM threatens early polls over labor union legislation
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull threatens to hold early general elections if parliament fails to end a deadlock over legislation on unions
Australian held on return from fighting ISIS – report
Matthew Gardiner a former trade unionist and ex president of the Northern Territory branch of the opposition Labor Party reportedly left Australia early this year to join a Kurdish militia fighting ISIS
Australian PM Abbott survives bid to unseat him
UPDATED Abbott: We want to end the disunity and the uncertainty which destroyed two Labor governments and give you the good government that you deserve
State election a 'wake up call' for Australia's ruling coalition
Opinion polls have also shown a sharp drop in support for the Abbott government
Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam dies
UPDATED Gough Whitlam was a towering figure who led the nation through a period of massive change and remains the country s only leader to be sacked
Australia carbon tax repeal a 'perfect storm of stupidity'
It s hard to imagine a more effective combination of poor reasoning and bad policy making A complete disregard of the science of climate change and its impacts Bad economics and mistrust of market forces
Australia abolishes divisive carbon tax
UPDATED This is great news for Australian families and for our nation s small businesses said PM Tony Abbott who once claimed evidence blaming mankind for climate change was absolute crap
Australia's Labor appoints 11 women to frontbench
Shorten also cautions Abbott against playing political games by threatening fresh elections next year over a deadlock on climate change policy
Former union chief elected new Australian Labor leader
Shorten an ambitious former head of the Australian Workers Union beat ex deputy prime minister Anthony Albanese in a month long leadership race
Australian opposition leaps ahead in polls
Australia s opposition coalition has increased its lead as support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Labor Party wanes ahead of September elections according to a poll published on Monday
