Tony Abbott
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End of the gold rush looms – but Australia’s politicians are ill-prepared
- World
- August 9, 2013, 01:00
For two decades, Australia has deserved its reputation as a “lucky country”. Alone in the developed world, since 1991 it has been recession-free.It ad(...)

Australian election set for next month
- Asia-Pacific
- August 5, 2013, 01:00
Australia’s prime minister Kevin Rudd says that the country’s federal election, to be held on Saturday, September 7th, is about who Australians can tr(...)

Australia to send asylum seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea
- Asia-Pacific
- July 20, 2013, 01:00
Refugee advocates expressed outrage yesterday after Australia’s prime minister Kevin Rudd announced that asylum seekers who arrive by boat will be sen(...)

Post-Gillard period proves boon to Labor as Australian polls show sudden upsurge in popularity
- Asia-Pacific
- July 16, 2013, 01:00
Two weekends ago, at the Australia match against the Lions in Sydney, former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke was overheard saying to current prime mini(...)

Misogyny behind Gillard’s political exit is a disgrace to every Australian
- Asia-Pacific
- July 1, 2013, 12:00
‘I think what’s underlain [sic] Labor’s problems is not basically issues of personality. The issues of personality are a product of the disconnection (...)

Australian PM Rudd announces new cabinet
- Asia-Pacific
- July 1, 2013, 08:17
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd announced his ministerial team, opting for less familiar names as he seeks to distance himself from predecessor J(...)

Rudd next Australian PM as party ousts Gillard
- Asia-Pacific
- June 27, 2013, 01:00
Kevin Rudd will today be sworn in as Australia’s prime minister for a second time after Julia Gillard lost an internal ballot for the leadership of th(...)

Tough politician no stranger to media vitriol
- Asia-Pacific
- June 27, 2013, 01:00
Born in Barry, Wales, on September 29th, 1961, Julia Gillard’s family emigrated to Adelaide in 1966. They were among the more than one million British(...)

Treatment of Julia Gillard shows extent to which sexism is tolerated in Australia
- Irish Times
- June 15, 2013, 01:00
A poll this week has shown that 61 per cent of women and 42 per cent of men think sexism is a problem in Australia. Given the events surrounding Austr(...)

Australian DJ fired over Gillard interview
- Asia-Pacific
- June 14, 2013, 11:24
An Australian radio host has been sacked after asking prime minister Julia Gillard about her partner’s sexuality during a live interview. Perth radio(...)