Tag: Australian politics

A journalist for The Australian has been kicked out of a press conference announcing Clive Palmer's candidates for the re-run Senate election in WA.

The Australians Greens have called on the federal government to lift gag orders on staff at Manus Island detention centre.

The prime minister has found a portrait of the Queen for his office after a lengthy search.

Despite the Aussie jobless figure rising to its highest level in a decade, Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes if the government is allowed to get on with its job, unemployment could turn around quickly.

Paris and London are on the itinerary for Bill Shorten's first trip as opposition leader.

Human Rights Watch has slammed Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in its annual report.

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Former Attorney-General Nicola Roxon is not to be messed with. She has delivered a scathing attack on Kevin Rudd, calling him a "bastard" and asking him to resign from parliament for the sake of the Labor Party.

Labor’s shadow frontbench includes 11 women and six new faces as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten seek a new direction for his party.

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Labor will need Tanya Plibersek’s skills as a communicator and her popularity with colleagues as it tries to unite after a devastating election loss.

Australian victims of the terror attacks in New York, London, and Bali are finally set to be compensated.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended his government's first days in office, saying his ministers are "hard at work" but not rushing decisions.

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Tony Abbott sacked three department heads within minutes of being sworn in as prime minister but one of the nation's most influential public servants, Martin Parkinson, defied speculation and retained his job.

Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella has lost her Victorian seat of Indi to grassroots independent Cathy McGowan.

Bill Shorten may have the majority support of the ALP caucus for the party's federal leadership but he's going to have a tough fight winning over NSW rank and file members.

Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten have begun their leadership pitch to Labor members voting in a historic ballot.

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Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has tried to head off accusations the coalition government has gone backwards by not being able to appoint more than one woman to cabinet.

The Liberal candidate dubbed the “Where’s Wally” of the 2013 Australian election, Jaymes Diaz, has made a surprise appearance on the ABC’s comedy sketch program The Hamster Decides.

A confusing name, a donkey vote and a complicated deal through the preference whisperer can help you become a senator no-one’s heard of.

The tightness of the contest in the Victorian seat of Indi between independent Cathy McGowan and sitting MP Sophie Mirabella has led Mirabella to exclude herself from the first Abbott ministry.

Former union boss Bill Shorten will stand for the Labor leadership but he could still face a challenge from Anthony Albanese.

ELECTION13 | Australian politicians have called for reforms to the electoral system after Saturday's election saw several candidates from fringe parties elected as the result of complex preference arrangements.

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Australia House has traditionally attracted one of the largest turnouts for Australians voting overseas, and in this year’s federal election it was no different.

Australia’s incoming prime minister Tony Abbott has spent the first working day of his government getting things in order, as Labor looks for a leader.

ELECTION13 | Queensland entrepreneur Clive Palmer is expected to win the Sunshine Coast electorate of Farifax, with several other Palmer United Party members highly likely to take positions in parliament.

Julian Assange believes his political party has performed well in the Senate race despite failing to get anyone elected.

Shorten indicates he would not run for the Labor leadership if Anthony Albanese wants the top job, in a bid to avoid more disunity and party destabilisation.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has quit the leadership of the Labor party after Saturday’s election defeat.

Tony Abbott has received a rapturous reception as he stepped up to the podium to make his acceptance speech in the Australian federal election.

A smiling Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has conceded defeat in the Australian federal election but says Labor fought the good fight.

With one day left for London Aussies to cast their votes at Australia House, an exit poll conducted by Australian Times shows a swing towards the coalition in the 2013 election, despite Labor leading on a two party preferred basis.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As voters prepare to go to the polls, Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition looks set to defeat Kevin Rudd’s Labor government.

Young Australians are being urged to vote in the Australian federal election. Prepolling facilities are open for Australian expats in London at Australia House.

The Coalition have backflipped on plans to implement an online internet filter across Australia, with opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull stating the original policy released on Thursday advocating a UK-style ‘opt-out’ system was incorrect and had been ‘poorly worded’.

ELECTION13 | Federal candidates in Treasurer Chris Bowen's electorate of McMahon have been linked to both corrupt detective Roger Rogerson and political assassin Phuong Ngo as the election campaign turns negative.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As the federal election looms, we look at the top five quotes that have shaped the political careers of the two leaders who will go head to head in a bid to lead the nation: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his challenger Tony Abbott.

ELECTION13 | Australian political leaders have made a video pitch to contestants in this year's Big Brother Australia house in the lead-up to Saturday's federal election.

ELECTION13 | Liberal candidate for Lindsay Fiona Scott has blamed traffic congestion in western Sydney on an influx of asylum seekers under the Labor government.

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AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the 7 September election looming, Australian expats in the UK are being urged to cast their vote at prepolling facilities at Australia House.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Labor entered the election campaign as the underdog and remains so with less than a week until polling day.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Make your vote count in the 2013 Federal Election by ensuring you correctly complete ballot papers for the House of Representatives and the Senate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Heading into the final week of the election campaign, Labor and the coalition have kept the focus on the economy and spending priorities.