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Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape declared a state of emergency after unrest that began on Wednesday has killed at least 16 people. [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 12:00 pm by Raymond G. Lahoud
The controversy even garnered the attention of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who tweeted, “Mr. [read post]
16 Dec 2005, 12:45 am
[JURIST] An Australian court hearing a bail application by Australian Muslims detained in a major November anti-terror sweep [JURIST report] was told by prosecutors Friday that two of the suspects had discussed assassinating Australian Prime Minister John Howard, killing police and attacking families at soccer matches. [read post]
6 Mar 2016, 1:17 am by Mark Summerfield
  Two days earlier, the Treasurer had made a joint announcement with the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, about the establishment of a new FinTech expert advisory group chaired by Craig Dunn, Chairman of not-for-profit FinTech hub Stone & Chalk and Director of Westpac Bank. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 6:32 am by Sheldon Toplitt
The Times article quoted a Griffith University journalism prof who said the derailed media law proposal was fairly watered-down and not at all a threat to press freedom in Australia.The defeat ensures that Thursday will not be a G'day for Prime Minister Gillard. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 4:58 pm by Michael A. Nesteroff
 Australia’s path to regulating carbon has been every bit as controversial as in the U.S., indeed it cost two prime ministers their jobs and could imperil the current prime minister’s as well. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 2:12 pm by Allan Fels
I was actually rated the third-most-powerful person in Australia when chair, and within striking distance of the prime minister who appointed me. [read post]
11 Jul 2018, 5:00 am by Evelyn Douek
He referred to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, as did Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull when the legislation was first introduced. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 1:17 am by INFORRM
In this way, it resembles the position under New Zealand law, prior to Durie v Gardiner (which also arose out of litigation involving the former New Zealand Prime Minister, David Lange – Lange v Atkinson [2000] 3 NZLR 385). [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 8:12 pm
Najib went on to become prime minister and led the country for nine years before his spectacular defeat at last year's general election.Since then, Malaysian police have re-opened the case into the model's killing and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said his government could revoke Sirul's death penalty to make way for his extradition.Sirul, who has been held at an Australian immigration detention centre since 2015, faces the prospect of… [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 7:21 am by Kelly Buchanan
Eventually, however, a bill to only repeal section 127 was passed by Parliament in November 1965, with the prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, stating the reason for not including an amendment to section 51(xxvi) was t [read post]
The footage shared by the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) appeared to show a small group outside the Opera House lighting flares and chanting “gas the Jews” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese commented at the time that the images shared were horrific: “We are a tolerant, multicultural nation. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 7:46 pm by Anonymous
(Credit: Reuters) In the new government, led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, the former deputy Prime Minister, Jose Luis Guterres, has [read post]
26 Jun 2010, 7:33 am
Susan Black, Big4.comJune 26, 2010Just recently, Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was deposed by his own Labor Party today, shocking the nation as his popularity plunged over recent months due mainly to the controversial pushing of a 40% resource super profits tax (RSPT) on mining companies, which turned out to be highly unpopular both with industry, shareholders and the general public.Mining is Australia’s biggest industry; and the real engine… [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 2:16 pm
Well, a week is a long time in politics and, as you've probably heard by now, the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard has announced that he's setting up a government-business task force to investigate a carbon trading scheme.The announcement came, rather appropriately, at a speech at the annual dinner of the Business Council of Australia, which represents big business:I think it is important to keep the challenge of climate change in perspective. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 3:35 am
The Prime Minister said the new measure would provide the highest level of protection currently provided for any individual Australian’s name. [read post]
16 Feb 2007, 12:11 am
Some in the TV industry say Fielding is doing the bidding of Prime Minister Howard, who wants Big Brother off our TV screens but doesn't want to be seen doing it directly.Read more here. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 10:53 pm
Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a new Directive to assure uniform land management approaches to allocation of land for religious uses. [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 11:01 pm by Mira Yannicos
The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced yesterday afternoon that the 457 visa will be abolished and replaced with a new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa to better address genuine skill shortages and protect the Australian local labour force. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 9:17 am by Sean Gallagher
Australia banned Huawei from competing on its national broadband project because of cyber attacks from China, including the alleged hacking of the computers of Australia's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in 2011. [read post]