Kevin Rudd News

Australia's PM is to make a national apology to the "forgotten Australians" - about 500,000 people who were abused or neglected in state care as children.

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at a chemical manufacturing facility in Melbourne in this June 24, 2009 file photo.

The Church of Scientology is under renewed attack in Australia following allegations that it is a "criminal organisation" involved in such activities as blackmail, embezzlement, violence and false imprisonment.

THE Victorian ALP has increased pressure on the Federal Government to allow same-sex marriages after passing a motion supporting gay unions at its state conference.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has praised the efforts of the men and women who served in Operation Catalyst during the Iraq war, calling them the "ANZACs of today". Mr Rudd, Governor-General Quentin Bryce and Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston were among dignitaries to attend today's national parade in Canberra to welcome home the troops from Iraq.

UPDATE : Nathan Rees has sacked Joe Tripodi and Ian Macdonald from Cabinet. In political terms the equivalent of a nuclear bomb has just gone off in Sydney.

The head of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, says the Australian government should close its immigration detention center on Christmas Island.

Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd will consider calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the Church of Scientology after a scathing attack by a Senator calling it a criminal organisation.

THE Federal Government will provide $42.8 million to extend the school chaplaincy program until December 2011.

Australia has no chance of scoring a UN Security Council seat thanks to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's diplomatic bungling, a former Australian diplomat and Indonesia expert says.

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks at a UN Food and Agriculture Organisation food security summit in Rome on Monday.

Senator Minchin says the Government's proposed emissions trading scheme is the work of a madman.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is now likely to visit Australia in the first half of next year Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Opposition claims that the Indonesian President postponed a trip to Australia because of tensions surrounding a group of asylum seekers is a "massive overstatement". News of President Susilo Bambang ...

The Canadian government says it has no plans to follow Australia's lead and apologise for the mistreatment of thousands of children who were shipped to the country from Britain under a child migrant program.

The former chief of staff to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will be paid $100,000 more a year than the prime minister in his new role with the company that will build and operate the national broadband network.

Australiaa s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd voiced "concerns" about the Church of Scientology Wednesday after a senator detailed explosive allegations including torture, imprisonment and coerced abortions.

After months of stalemate, Australia's government could finally seal an agreement for its sweeping carbon trade scheme by early next week after the opposition said on Tuesday they were confident of a deal.

Apology to Forgotten Australians Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the thousands of Australians who suffered harm as institutionalised children.

The month-long impasse on board Australian customs vessel the Oceanic Viking has been resolved, with all 56 Sri Lankan asylum seekers agreeing to leave the boat tomorrow morning.