World news about “Australian politics” published by euronews.
Gillard to stay on as Australian Labour party leader Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has won an unopposed vote at a special meeting of the ruling Labour party, despite her party’s slump in opinion polls… 21/03/2013
Fahey “alarmed but not surprised” at doping scandal President of the world anti-doping agency John Fahey was “alarmed but not surprised” at Thursday’s shocking government report which revealed “widespread”… 08/02/2013
Assange set for Australian Senate bidWilileaks founder Julian Assange is to run for a seat in the Australian Senate during elections later this year. But there’s no word on how the activist… 31/01/2013
Australia’s PM Gillard visits flood-hit BundabergAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has visited Bundaberg, New South Wales, the city hit hardest by severe floods caused by the tail-end of Cyclone… 31/01/2013
Australia removes branding from cigarette packetsAt tobacconists in Sydney, Australia, the rows of cigarette packets look more disturbing than ever. The much larger health warnings and pictures showing the… 30/11/2012
Australia says “sorry” for military abuseAustralia’s government has apologised to hundreds of victims who suffered abuse within the country’s military. The official apology came in a statement to… 26/11/2012
Australian PM Gillard spells out Afghan exit planAustralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday announced plans to pull most of the country’s troops out of Afghanistan next year. The premier said the… 17/04/2012
Rudd challenges Gillard for Labour’s leadershipAustralia’s former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced he is to fight Julia Gillard for leadership of the country’s Labour party. It is widely known… 24/02/2012
Australian PM gets her shoe back after protest scuffleBoth sides are blaming each other after an incident that saw Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard rushed out of an event by her security team on Thursday… 27/01/2012
Australia passes controversial carbon tax lawAustralia has passed a series of landmark anti-pollution laws, imposing a tax on carbon emissions in one of the biggest reforms in a decade. The country… 08/11/2011
Sex scandal threatens Australia’s fragile gov’tPolice in Australia have been asked to investigate payments to prostitutes made by Labour MP Craig Thomson in a scandal that is threatening to bring down the… 24/08/2011
