Julia Gillard

Australia Pledges $300 Million To Afghan Forces

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.16.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 toward the $4 billion a year cost of running ...

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WATCH: Politician's Blind Loyalty

Posted 04.27.2012

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Plenty of politicians dutifully follow their party's line. But, as one Telegraph report noted, they usually find out what that line is before they go ...

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NATO Denies Major War Policy Changes

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 04.19.2012

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BRUSSELS -- In Brussels, the more things change, the more they stay the same. On Tuesday, the day before NATO's defense and foreign ministers met a...

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Australian Troops To Exit Afghanistan Earlier

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 04.18.2012

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SYDNEY -- Australia expects to pull most of its troops out of Afghanistan nearly a year earlier than planned, the prime minister announced Tuesday, sa...

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Australian PM To Obama: 'Tough Being African-American? Try Being Me'

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 04.02.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard enjoys joking with President Barack Obama that she faces more prejudices as a childless...

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Despite Gillard's Victory, Australian Uranium Exports to India Debate Far from Over

Eddie Walsh | Posted 05.21.2012

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While the tabloid media has savored the opportunity to skewer Kevin Rudd, his failed attempt to lead the government has consequences beyond his own political ambitions. On the foreign policy front, the Gillard Coalition will likely now reorient the country's foreign policy.

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Australian Senate Approves New Tax

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 05.19.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government pushed a new 30 percent tax on big mining companies through Parliament on Monday but faces an u...

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Enjoying Sydney's Delights

Kristofer Eisenla | Posted 05.13.2012

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Whether heading to Manly or the Zoo or Watson Bay, which offers a view of where the ocean meets the bay, it's a nice way to get out of the city without getting out of the city.

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POWER STRUGGLE

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 04.25.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Saturday that she is "incredibly confident" of leading her Labor Party to victory in ele...

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Australia's Foreign Minister Resigns

AP | ROD McGUIRK and MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 04.22.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeb...

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PHOTOS: President Obama's Kissing Technique

AOL/The Huffington Post | Anna Brand and Andrew Tavani | Posted 02.14.2012

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Is there anyone in the nation's capital busier than President Obama? Hardly. Which makes it amazing that amid all of the demands of the nation's highe...

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200 Plucked From Sea After Ferry Sinks Off Papua New Guinea Coast

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Rescuers battling big waves and strong winds have pulled nearly 250 people from the sea off Papua New Guinea's ...

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Australian Prime Minister Flees From Angry Protesters

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard stumbled and was caught by a security guard as riot police helped her force a path...

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'Green News Report' - November 17, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 01.17.2012

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Political...

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Obama: China Must Play By The Rules

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.16.2012

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CANBERRA, Australia — Signaling a determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to expand U.S. influence in the...

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Obama Says No To World Summit Tradition

AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 01.13.2012

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HONOLULU — Chinese President Hu Jintao in pastels and plumerias? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sporting pineapples and palm trees? It didn't...

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History Is Made in Australia

Al Gore | Posted 01.08.2012

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This is a historic moment. Australia's Parliament has put the nation's first carbon price into law. With this vote, the world has turned a pivotal corner in the collective effort to solve the climate crisis.

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President Obama To Visit Darwin, Australia's Frontier Town

Posted 01.07.2012

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President Barack Obama has accepted Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's invitation to visit Darwin, the Northern Territory city that serves as a...

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Australian PM Moves Out After 'The Lodge' Is Declared A Fire Hazard

AP | Posted 12.10.2011

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's prime minister is looking for a new home after her official residence was declared a potential fire hazard wit...

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Murdoch Paper Forced To Issue Huge Apology

regrettheerror.com | Posted 10.31.2011

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THE Australian yesterday published an opinion piece by Glenn Milne ("PM a lost cause for warring unions", Page 14) that included assertions about the ...

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'Green News Report' - July 19, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.18.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Another ...

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Those on the Front Lines of Diplomacy

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.12.2011

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Despite my impulses of real irritation now and then that Fay Lewis just didn't understand how busy I was, I am so grateful to her for never allowing me to say no.

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Straighten Up, Folks! It's Global Planking Day! (But Real Plankers Couldn't Care Less)

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.16.2011

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Planking is the latest fad from the Land Down Under, but the excitement for it is drying up faster than the hoopla surrounding previous Australian exp...

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Sex Scandal Rocks Aussie Military

AP | Posted 06.06.2011

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CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's defense force, already under fire for racist comments made by soldiers serving in Afghanistan, was rocked by anothe...

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Obama And Australian PM Surprise High School Class, Argue Over Vegemite

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard couldn't say enough about the close friendship between their two...

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