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Former Australia PM Gillard probed on slush fund
Gillard has long been dogged by her actions in helping create the fund set up by her former boyfriend Australian Workers Union official Bruce Wilson
Best and worst of 2013: Where to put PNoy and Obama?
Certainly 2013 was not so bad a year to give Aquino the award for worst year in Asia
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
Abbott in running for Australian sexism awards
Gaffe prone Abbott was nominated for 11 separate remarks and was the most constant offender
Australia's Gillard's 'murderous rage' over sexism
Gillard said she had faced a perfect storm as leader in which the wild card element of gender being the first female prime minister had been a defining factor
Australia's foreign, defense policies after the polls: Howard 2.0?
Abbott has plainly signaled that he sees this government as a continuation of that which was voted out in 2007
Pressure builds on Australia's Rudd to quit
Several high profile Labor figures want the 55 year old former diplomat to go even further and stand down from his Queensland electorate and exit politics altogether
Australians vote with Abbott set for landslide win
Voting turnout has never fallen below 90 percent since it became compulsory in 1924
Australian election clock ticks down on divisive campaign
Voters have reacted with distaste over the brutal party coups as well as the lowbrow tone of a campaign which has seen both sides descend into cheap shots and personality politics
'No place' for sexism in Australia - PM Rudd
Rudd s remarks come after rival Tony Abbot s gaffe renewing debate over misogyny in Australia which raged during Julia Gillard s time in office
Royal gifts for the #RoyalBaby
An 18 karat white gold bracelet knitted kangaroo and a vegan hamper are just some of the gifts for the royal tot
Australia's new PM in Indonesia for boat-people talks
Australian PM Kevin Rudd held talks on asylum seekers with Indonesia s president on Friday
Australia PM names record number of women in cabinet
Rudd said the appointments were made purely on merit not gender and pledged to boost the economy but made no mention of an election date
Rudd sworn in as Australia's new prime minister
Rudd sealed his dramatic return after a leadership ballot in which Gillard was deposed in a party room vote and announced her retirement from politics
Rudd ousts Gillard in party leadership ballot
UPDATE Gillard must now advise Australian Governor General Quentin Bryce that she is resigning as prime minister expected to happen Thursday
New bid to oust Australian PM - reports
Australian media: A petition was circulating among Labor lawmakers calling for a caucus meeting where a vote on the leadership would be held
Next Dalai Lama a woman? Current one thinks it's possible
Dalai Lama: If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful then automatically a female Dalai Lama will come
Australia PM digs in despite dire polls
Gillard faces a crushing defeat in the September 14 vote and is reportedly under pressure to stand down in favor of former leader Kevin Rudd
Australian leadership shambles condemned by voters: poll
The first opinion poll since Gillard called a shock leadership ballot to counter rising tensions within the party also said the majority of those questioned would prefer Kevin Rudd in charge
Australian PM calls leadership vote
UPDATE Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard caved in to building pressure and called a leadership ballot among parliamentarians in her Labor Party for later Thursday
Australia formally apologizes for forced adoptions
The adoptions driven largely by religious groups in the post war period created a lifelong legacy of pain and suffering
Australian leadership speculation mounts
UPDATE Speculation intensified that Gillard could be toppled by her party after a report said former prime minister Kevin Rudd was only five votes away from victory
Flailing Australian PM vows to battle on
On a two party basis excluding minor parties a Fairfax Media Nielsen poll showed Labor was favored by 44 percent of the 1 400 people contacted between March 14 and 16 with the opposition on 56 percent
Gillard gains, but Rudd could win Australia vote: poll
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard s personal rating has risen but her Labor Party s best chance of winning an election is under ex leader Kevin Rudd a key poll showed Tuesday
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
Australia's Labor heading for defeat: polls
Australia s ruling Labor party is heading for a massive defeat in elections this year according to polls Monday February 4 as ministers took to the airwaves to insist a win was still possible
Australia PM surprises with September polls announcement
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Wednesday January 30 that the nation will go the polls on September 14 in a surprise early announcement
World leaders express shock over latest US shooting
World leaders expressed shock and horror after a gunman massacred at least 26 people Friday in the US state of Connecticut
Australian PM warns of 'zombie, K-Pop' doomsday
Australian PM Julia Gillard agrees to do a spoof video on the end of the world under the Mayan calendar
Australia to hold national inquiry into child sex abuse
UPDATED Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a national inquiry into institutional responses to child sex abuse Monday November 12 after a series of scandals involving pedophile priests
Asia language plan 'central' to Australia reforms: PM
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she was going to prioritize Asian languages as part of an ambitious plan to get Australia into the world s top 10 wealthy economies in the next 13 years by boosting links to China and its neighbors
Ambitious Asia plan to power Australia - PM
An ambitious plan aimed at maximizing links with booming China and other soaring Asian economies will power Australia into the world s top 10 wealthiest nations by 2025
More Aussie mining investments in PH but…
The Palace said Australian mining investors are on a wait and see mode pending the passage of a mining reform bill
Australia's Abbott says sorry to childless PM in new row
Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott apologized after saying the government was inexperienced when it comes to having babies a comment seen as a dig at childless Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Australia PM poll boost after sexism speech
In the latest Fairfax Nielsen poll Gillard has a 10 point margin as preferred leader over the man she savaged Tony Abbott in a speech that went viral and won praise around the world
Gov't to spend P44-M for Aquino's Australia, NZ state visits
Aquino will depart Manila at around 9pm Sunday with Auckland New Zealand as his first stop
Aquino to make first visit to Australia, NZ
Aquino will make his first official trip to Australia and New Zealand top destinations for Filipino OFWs
10 years on, Bali remembers bomb dead
Hundreds of survivors and relatives of the dead remembered the 202 people killed in the Bali bombings
Bali bombing victims search for closure 10 years on
A decade after suicide bombers brought carnage to Indonesia s resort island of Bali survivors have returned to the scene for a commemoration service with many determined to finally banish memories of an atrocity that left 202 dead
Indonesia on top alert over threat to Bali ceremony
Indonesia declared its top security alert Wednesday October 10 citing credible information of a threat to a ceremony this week marking the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombings
Australian PM's sexism speech sparks division
UPDATED Prime Minister Julia Gillard defended calling Australia s opposition leader a misogynist in a speech which sparked global attention and a divisive reaction about the role of sexism in politics
Is smoking healthier than being gay?
Gillard believes the debate about same sex marriage should be respectful and responsible
Australia set to send boatpeople offshore
UPDATED Australia s parliament Tuesday August 14 neared agreement to transfer boatpeople seeking asylum to Pacific states
Zimbabwe ready to re-engage, says Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe is ready to re engage with the global community Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Monday July 23 during a visit to Australia
Migrants to dominate Australia, Indonesia talks
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Australia Monday July 2 amid a political storm over people smuggling with the evil trade looming large in talks with Prime Minister Julia Gillard
On ANZAC Day, crowds in Australia, New Zealand remember war dead
More than 10 000 New Zealand and Australian servicemen died in the failed eight month campaign on the peninsula in World War I and Gallipoli has become a defining symbol of courage and comradeship for the two nations
