Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has condemned as "brutal and shocking" twin shooting and bomb attacks in Norway. "Australia condemns the brutal and shocking attacks which occurred in Norway overnight," Gillard said. The government confirmed that there were no reports of any Australian believed to be dead or injured. Gillard said Norway was a good friend and partner of Australia. "Our sorrow and concern are with the people of...
10:41 AM, Jul 23, 2011
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will not meet with the visiting Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to avoid a diplomatic row with China. "The prime minister will not meet with the Dalai Lama on this visit to Australia," Gillard's spokesman said on Monday. "Australian prime ministers have not met the Dalai Lama on every occasion he has visited Australia. Given the frequency of his travel to Australia, the government...
05:51 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Washington: At a time when people in the Middle East are making moves to steer the region towards democracy, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the world admired India's example as a true democracy. "Momentous as the changes in the Middle East are, I believe it is in the Asia-Pacific where the global order is changing the most. We admire India's example as a true democracy," Julia said...
02:30 PM, Mar 10, 2011
Sydney: Australia's incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who on Tuesday won the support of two independent MPs to reach the half-way mark in Parliament, is all set to form a minority government that will end a 17-day political impasse in the country. The independents' support gives Gillard, the country's first woman prime minister, the narrowest of margins in the 150-member House of Representatives, bringing to 76 the number of MPs...
03:18 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Sydney: Australia was heading towards a hung Parliament on Saturday with the ruling Labor Party having only a slight edge over the opposition coalition, even as Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she would "continue to fight to form the government". With 72 per cent of the vote counted, Gillard's Labor Party has 50.6 per cent of the vote against the opposition coalition's 49.4 per cent. The Australian Electoral Commission officially...
11:06 PM, Aug 21, 2010
Melbourne: Australians today voted in a general election billed as one of the tightest in decades in which their first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pitted against her Conservative rival Tony Abbott. Polling stations, set up at 7700 locations across the country, opened at 8 am local time (0330 hrs IST) and more than 14 million people were enrolled to vote, with last-minute opinion polls showing only a small...
03:45 PM, Aug 21, 2010
Melbourne: A saltwater crocodile, admired for his prowess at predicting the future, has reportedly tipped Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard as winner of the federal election to be held on Saturday. Harry, a 4.9-metre-long crocodile, was given the choice of munching on one of two chicken carcasses - one tied to an image of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the other attached to a picture of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott....
01:41 PM, Aug 20, 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 education sector is Australia's third largest export industry. ...
11:38 AM, Mar 09, 2010
Australian authorities defend the security situation in their country. ...
12:03 PM, Jan 06, 2010
Australian Deputy PM Julia Gillard is on a damage control mission to India. ...
09:04 AM, Sep 01, 2009
The development was in the wake of the attack on a journalist of an Indian-origin. ...
01:06 AM, Jul 31, 2009
