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Gina Rinehart rated 'more powerful' than Julia Gillard in Forbes list
Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart is rated as more influential than Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a list of the world's most powerful women released by Forbes magazine.
1 hr ago | NEWS.com.au
PRODUCT design and innovation should be the top priority for the ailing automotive industry, says David Purchase, executive director of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
2 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au
Gay marriage would halt teen suicide
ONE of the world's most high-profile gay rights advocates has urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to support gay marriage and help end suicide by gay teenagers.
3 hrs ago | Bloomberg
Ford to Close Australian Car Manufacturing Plants After 88 Years
Ford Motor Co. will stop making cars in Australia, nine decades after founder Henry Ford first began building Model Ts in the country, as a surge in the currency undermines the local industry's ability to compete with imports.
8 hrs ago | Merimbula News Weekly
A Classic first for Mother's Day in shire
Sunday, May 12 saw the inaugural Merimbula Mother's Day Classic being held for the first time in the Bega Valley Shire.
12 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au
No deal on broadcasting betting odds
JULIA Gillard says a deal is yet to be inked on live betting odds being spruiked during television broadcasts, despite reports today the issue had been finalised.
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Humour, emotion run high at PM forum
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again.
20 hrs ago | Blacktown Sun
UWS students angry over funding cuts to education
He said the student council was petitioning and would directly lobby Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, sitting MPs and Coalition candidates.
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Kevin Rudd's support for gay marriage puts him at odds with Julia Gillard
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says a "personal journey" has led him to change his mind and support same-sex marriage - a position that puts him at odds with his leader, Julia Gillard.
Why include local governments in the constitution?
Voters will be asked by Julia Gillard to vote ''yes'' in a referendum to include local governments in the constitution at the polls on September 14.
Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian government came a step closer to formalising its plans to make Asian language study compulsory for schools this week.
PM pressures Napthine to play ball
VICTORIAN students risk being "left behind" from those in NSW schools, says Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she urged parents to "raise their voices" in support of her education plan.
The Power Index: who'll really decide the federal election?
The wonks, the flacks, the hacks and the headkickers - here are the people who are doing their damnedest to get Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott into the Lodge.
Gillard narrows the gap on Abbott
A new Fairfax/Nielsen poll has Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott neck-and-neck on 46 per cent as preferred PM.
Bracks right man as consul-general
Former Victorian premier Steve Bracks is due to take up the job as consul-general in September.
PM officially launches specialist doctor videolink in Hobart
PETER LLOYD: Julia Gillard has travelled to Hobart to officially launch a new health care service that allows patients to access specialists via video link.
Govt attacks Tony Abbott's budget plans
PETER LLOYD: With the dust settling on the federal Budget, the Government's gone on the offensive over Tony Abbott's plans if the Coalition wins the September poll.
Australia's 'unpopular' carbon price isn't to blame for Labor's poor polling | Alexander White
Claims that Julia Gillard's unpopularity were linked to her introduction of carbon pricing in 2012 don't stack up Protesters in 2011 hold placards during a rally in Sydney against prime minister Julia Gillard's plans to introduce a carbon tax.
Australian PM Gillard, PNG counterpart O'Neill meet, commit to stronger ties
"Papua New Guinea is an incredibly important nation to Australia," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard before flying to the capital city Port Moresby where she met with her counterpart Peter O'Neill . The two leaders signed the Joint Declaration for a new Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership, providing a framework for the contemporary bilateral ... (more)
Ruffell appeals to PM: Make childcare more affordable
BENDIGO mayor Lisa Ruffell has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott asking them to make childcare more affordable.