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25 Nov 2007, 10:02 am
Australia has a new Labor prime minister after yesterday's elections (from BBC News): Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd has outlined his priorities after winning a sweeping general election victory over outgoing PM John Howard. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 9:56 am
Julia Gillard is a former lawyer who is going to be the deputy prime minister for Australia this week. [read post]
19 Dec 2017, 5:30 am
On this day fifty years ago, December 19, 1967, it was announced that the then-Prime Minister of Australia, Harold Holt, was officially presumed dead. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 7:50 am
Today (or really yesterday because of the time difference), Australia appointed its first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 4:42 am
As reported by The Telegraph, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison today delivered a speech in Parliament (full text of remarks) apologizing for the government's lack of response to child sex abuse in the Catholic Church and other religious and secular institutions. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 6:47 pm
While Julia Gillard did become Australia's first female Prime Minister some months ago, she did it as a result of an internal coup in which she ousted the labor party's leader (and then Prime Minister), Kevin Rudd. [read post]
24 Sep 2019, 3:29 pm
From The Sector: Early Childhood Australia (ECA) have issued a statement urging Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of children is at the heart of the Australian Parliament’s inquiry into the family law system. [read post]
12 Jan 2023, 7:00 am
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Thursday became the first foreign minister to address Parliament in Papa New Guinea. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 11:10 am
Today's Brisbane (Australia) Times reports from Italy on what it calls an historic and potentially disastrous schism between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican. [read post]
30 May 2007, 5:52 pm
The Prime Minister's Task Group on Emissions Trading gives its report to the PM today and is expected to recommend the introduction of a national emissions trading scheme in Australia.I have been pretty sceptical about the taskgroup, given its membership: of the twelve members, five are from within the government, three are from mining / resources companies, one is from a power company, two are from heavy energy users (aluminium and airline companies). [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 4:15 am
In Australia last week, the governing Labor Party changed its leaders, naming Julia Gillard as Prime Minister-- the first woman to hold that post. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 2:57 am
Radio Australia has reported news from the nation of Vanuatu, where Prime Minister Edward Natapei was ousted in a vote of no confidence while he was out of the country to attend the environmental summit in Mexico. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 6:27 pm
KEVIN RUDD WILL BE MISSED BY FEW: Julia Gillard is Australia’s new Prime Minister. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 12:19 pm
Vanuatu’s opposition leader Bob Loughman, who was prime minister of Vanuatu before Kalsakau, lodged the no-confidence petition against Kalsakau for signing a security pact with Australia. [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 10:27 am
[JURIST] Australia's Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull, [official website] announced [video] Tuesday that the country will be introducing stricter visa requirements for skilled foreign workers. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 5:22 pm
., the Prime Minister of Australia, presented an Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples in Parliament. [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 12:28 am
Rudd was sworn in [AP report] as the Prime Minister of Australia on Sunday, replacing the more conservative John Howard, who [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 7:30 am
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Saturday that the Australian government officially recognizes West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 12:13 pm
The Australian government has attempted to restore its credibility on the death penalty after the prime minister last month appeared to support the execution of the Bali bombers.Ten days before the executions were carried out, prime minister Kevin Rudd said Australia was "universally opposed to the death penalty".And hours after the three convicted terrorists were shot by firing squad, foreign minister Stephen Smith said… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 1:17 pm
Besides Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defense Minister Stephen Smith were also targeted. [read post]
