Tag: John Howard

Victims, survivors and leaders gather in Tasmania to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic Port Arthur killing spree.

John Howard tells David Cameron to secure UK borders against an influx of migrants.

Former Australian prime minister is one of Wikipedia’s most contentious figures.

It's been a big year for Aussies in London - Rolf Harris was charged, a future King was born and Julian Assange marked one year in the Ecuadorean embassy.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has given Indonesia assurances Australia will not spy on Jakarta anymore as she tries to repair the damage to bilateral ties.

British Labour leader Ed Miliband argues the Tories, guided by Australian Lynton Crosby, are planning the "dirtiest election campaign for over 20 years".

Kevin Rudd keeps a low profile on his last day in Parliament.

Tony Abbott has praised former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as an extraordinary person who will continue to serve Australia.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has taken to twitter to bid farewell and has been both praised and condemned on social media networks.

Former PM Kevin Rudd quits parliament saying he bears no malice.

Former prime minister John Howard has savaged Ed Miliband after the British Labour leader suggested Lynton Crosby was employing dog-whistle politics.

People smugglers are reported to be offering to put asylum seekers in shipping containers to get them to Australia or New Zealand.

The federal opposition has questioned a directive that immigration staff refer to boat people as “illegal” arrivals.

Britain’s opposition leader says the campaign tactics used by John Howard’s former strategist won’t work in the UK because “we are better than that”.

OPINION | In the aftermath of 22-year-old Australian Christopher Lane's murder in the US, PAUL BLEAKLEY explores the different relationship Australians and Americans have towards firearms, and what we need to do to make sure murders like this do not happen again.

Former PM John Howard isn’t sure Julian Assange has committed a crime, but rates him as “an attention seeker of the worst kind”.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning her against naming a new governor-general before this year’s federal election. Government insiders are speculating Abbott intends to nominate former mentor John Howard to the position if the Coalition is elected in the September poll.