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Australian prime minister won’t back gay marriage

By AP News Thu, May 10, 2012 9:14AM UTC View Comments

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she won’t be following President Barack Obama’s lead by supporting gay marriage. Gillard said Thursday she had already made her mind up. Three bills have been introduced to the Parliament that would allow same-sex couples to marry. But they are unlikely to pass with both...

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Aussie PM dismisses claim she’s soft on harassment

By Asian Correspondent Tue, Apr 24, 2012 2:33PM UTC View Comments

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed as “disgraceful” an opposition claim that she is making light of sexual harassment by allowing the parliamentary speaker to hold his job while facing allegations that he pressured a staffer for gay sex. House of Representatives Speaker Peter Slipper stepped aside Sunday while police investigate...

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Aussie carbon tax unconstitutional, says mining magnate

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Sat, Mar 17, 2012 6:09PM UTC View Comments

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer of Queensland Nickel

The carbon tax circus is not yet over. Mining magnate Clive Palmer announced he will challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s carbon tax in the High Court, saying it is unconstitutional. Palmer said his legal advisers who are “all senior counsels with experience in the High Court” advised him to take legal action against the federal government on...

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Aussie PM defeats Rudd in leadership vote, hangs on to job

By AP News Mon, Feb 27, 2012 12:13PM UTC View Comments

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, center, with supporters in Canberra, Australia Monday. Pic: AP.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard easily won an internal party vote Monday against the colleague she deposed two years ago, Kevin Rudd, and declared that she had put down the internal strife that has undermined her unpopular government for months. Gillard defeated Rudd 71 votes to 31 in a ballot of...

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It’s on! Australia’s Rudd challenges PM for leadership

By AP News Fri, Feb 24, 2012 2:20PM UTC View Comments

Former Australian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, left, speaks to the media, with his wife Therese Rein, right, during a press conference after his arrival at the airport in Brisbane, Australia, Friday. Pic: AP.

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced Friday that he will attempt to grab back leadership of the country, directly challenging the current prime minister amid a bitter power struggle that has been brewing for weeks. Prime Minister Julia Gillard is planning a party leadership ballot for Monday in an effort to...

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