
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday emphatically won the Labor leadership ballot, handing her arch-rival Kevin Rudd a resounding defeat by 71 votes to 31. With the win in the 103-member caucus, the country's first female prime minister ended Rudd's hopes of returning as premier any time before the General Elections next year, the Herald Sun reported. It is the biggest win in a Labor leadership ballot in...

07:42 AM, Feb 27, 2012

CANBERRA Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line on Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by Kevin Rudd, the colleague she ousted in a Labor Party coup nearly two years ago. The vote by party lawmakers, scheduled for Monday, is an effort by Gillard to knock down a power struggle that has been percolating for weeks, and that spilled over onto the...

03:12 PM, Feb 23, 2012

Melbourne: Australian Government has expanded sanctions against Iran in response to its continued non-compliance with UN Security Council resolution on its nuclear programme. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said in a statement on Monday that the measures will target people and companies involved in Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programmes and will restrict Australia's business with Iran's petroleum and financial sectors. Rudd said the new measures have been taken following the...

11:00 AM, Dec 06, 2011

Melbourne: External Affairs Minster SM Krishna met his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd in Melbourne on Thursday even as he again made a strong pitch to lift ban on uranium sale to India insisting that nuclear power is necessary for energy starved developing countries. Krishna arrived at the Royal Society of Victoria to attend the seventh round of ministerial dialogue with Rudd. He was accompanied by Vijaya Latha Reddy, Secretary (East)...

12:44 PM, Jan 20, 2011

Melbourne: Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday blamed the United States, not the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, for the unauthorised leak of some 250,000 secret US diplomatic cables - some of which reflected badly on him. Rudd said those who originally leaked the documents were legally liable and that the leaks raised questions over the "adequacy" of US security over the cables. "Mr (Julian) Assange is not himself responsible...

05:51 PM, Dec 08, 2010

Deputy PM Julia Gillard will replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's Prime Minister after defeating him at a Labour Party ballot meeting. ...

09:53 AM, Jun 24, 2010

The spate of attacks on Indians in Australia has caused an outcry in India. ...

12:05 PM, Jan 21, 2010

The attacks have already damaged Australia's lucrative foreign student market ...

08:03 AM, Jan 12, 2010

It includes not travelling alone at night and not carrying more cash. ...

08:34 PM, Jan 05, 2010

Police do not believe the attack was racially motivated or an attempted robbery. ...

10:26 AM, Dec 09, 2009

Australian PM says Indians are welcomed guests of his country. ...

11:27 PM, Nov 12, 2009

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday. ...

11:40 AM, Nov 12, 2009

Michael Hurley allegedly pulled off the cabbie's turban. ...

09:59 PM, Sep 25, 2009

Activist Farrukh Dhondy urged Indians in Aus to some form of retaliation. ...

12:46 PM, Sep 17, 2009

India has asked Australia to take steps to prevent the recurrence of attacks. ...

05:32 PM, Sep 16, 2009