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Govt undecided on freeing asylum seekers

in International - Wed March 27, 2013

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the government has yet to decide whether asylum-seeking families will be released into the community, as yet another boat, with 147 on boar

Asylum seeker deaths deepen Gillard is woes

in International - Tue March 26, 2013

Polls show gains to Opposition as tragedy returns festering issue to fore.

The deaths of two more asylum seekers off Australia\'s Indian Ocean territory

Australia PM Gillard stares down leadership challenge

in International - Thu March 21, 2013

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard survived a leadership crisis on Thursday and ensured she will lead the government into a Sept. 14 election after she called a surpris

PM to apologise to forced adoption victims

in International - Wed March 20, 2013

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will offer a national apology to victims of past forced adoption practices on Thursday.

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Ellen DeGeneres to meet Prime Minister Julia Gillard next

in International - Tue February 26, 2013

HOLLYWOOD heavyweight Ellen DeGeneres and Australia\'s most powerful woman, Julia Gillard, are set to meet during the talk show queen\'s visit Down Under next month.

Picture opportunity caps tumultuous week for Labor

in International - Mon February 04, 2013

MEMBERS of Julia Gillard\'s new frontbench team have been officially sworn in, with Governor-General Quentin Bryce wishing them "all the very best" for their new r

RBA Succession Should Await Election Oppositions Robb Says

in International - Thu January 31, 2013

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard should hold off on announcing the next head of the central bank until after the election, opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb sa

Call for Gillard to explain "curious" election timing

in International - Thu January 31, 2013

Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis says the Prime Minister must rule out any link between Craig Thomson\'s arrest and her early calling of the federal election.

Fresh fires rage, PM urges Australians to be safe

in International - Tue January 08, 2013

Reuters) - New wildfires flared across Australia on Tuesday as temperatures soared to near record levels, fanned by hot outback winds, and as Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Australia PM Gillard visits fire hit Tasmania

in International - Tue January 08, 2013

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting wildfire-hit regions in Tasmania, amid warnings of more searing weather across the country.

No deaths hav

Tasmania bushfires downgraded, highway reopens

in International - Sun January 06, 2013

Tasmania is major bushfires have been downgraded and a major highway has been reopened as interstate crews get set to fly in to help the firefighting effort.

Thousands flee Tasmania bushfires as blaze continues to ra

in International - Sat January 05, 2013

Three fires are burning out of control and threatening communities along the east coast and central Tasmania, with thousands of people stranded as roads are cut off.

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UK media report a case for change in Australia

in International - Fri November 30, 2012

PRESS Council chairman Julian Disney says Australia should adopt key recommendations of the UK\'s Leveson inquiry, including its proposed opt-in arbitration system for resol

Hillary Clinton Arrives In Australia

in International - Wed November 14, 2012

PERTH, Australia (AP)  US. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Australia on Tuesday before a summit about deepening defense links between Australia and

U.S. general investigated for emails to Petraeus friend

in International - Tue November 13, 2012

PERTH, Australia -- In a new twist to the Gen. David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon said Tuesday that the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is unde

Why him he not Aussie Hayden on Tendulkar Order of Austral

in International - Sat October 20, 2012

Upset at Sachin Tendulkar being nominated for the Order of Australia by the Aussie government, former batsman Matthew Hayden said the honour should be "exclusive" to his

Good to have a seat at the table

in International - Sat October 20, 2012

It\'s a comfortable victory that Australia\'s diplomatic corps have little time to celebrate. In the early hours of Friday morning, the world\'s nation

Australian PM falls head over heels

in International - Thu October 18, 2012

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a history of losing shoes and another footwear fumble that saw her take an embarrassing tumble in India grabbed the headlines on

India and Australia to begin nuclear talks

in International - Thu October 18, 2012

India and Australia have agreed to begin negotiations on a civil nuclear co-operation agreement.

The co-operation will eventually allow the sale of Australia

Dictionary follows Aussie Prime Minister in defining misog

in International - Wed October 17, 2012

Canberra: Australia\'s Prime Minister Julia Gillard did not define "misogyny" wrong in a blistering attack on a male rival - the dictionary did.

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Australia PM makes surprise visit to Afghanistan

in International - Mon October 15, 2012

SYDNEY:  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, seeking assurances from President Hamid Karzai that he is doing all he can to

PM says Bali bomb horror to last forever

in International - Thu October 11, 2012

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the horror of the Bali bombings that killed 88 Aussies 10 years ago will forever haunt the nation.

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Indonesia warns of possible terrorist threat aimed at 10 y

in International - Thu October 11, 2012

Indonesia warns of possible terrorist threat aimed at 10-year Bali bombing anniversary Friday

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No global trade conspiracy Emerson

in International - Fri September 07, 2012

Trade Minister Craig Emerson has hit back at claims negotiations for an ambitious new Asia-Pacific free trade agreement are too secretive, insisting there\'s no "global

5 Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan

in International - Thu August 30, 2012

SYDNEY (AP) Australia\'s prime minister on Thursday called the deaths of five of the country\'s soldiers in Afghanistan three killed by an Afghan army colleague Australia