Kevin Rudd News

The Australian Capital Territory may be headed for another battle over gay and lesbian family rights, following approval by the territory's legislative assembly of provisions that give gay and lesbian Australian families the right to an official civil partnership ceremony.

Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.

Ben Elton has just announced that he's trading in his bowler hat for tracky dacks.

KEVIN Rudd is on his way to India for his first visit to the subcontinent since becoming prime minister.

ASK economic guru David Hale the worst risk facing Australia and you'll get a surprising answer.

AUSTRALIA'S image as a top destination for foreign students suffered another setback yesterday after four bankrupt colleges closed, leaving more than 2,000 students stranded.

Kevin Rudd is off trotting the globe once more this week, stopping in India to make up for a trip delayed earlier in the year, and then on to Singapore for an Asia-Pacific summit.

A Sydney man accused of sending offensive letters to family members of deceased Australian soldiers has been described by his lawyer as a person who has "been preaching peace". In the Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday, Man Monis, also known as Sheik Haron, made a brief appearance with his lawyer Chris Murphy.

MIDWIVES' ability to work independently - which Health Minister Nicola Roxon promised - would depend on endorsement from individual doctors under an amendment to proposed legislation that has infuriated women's groups.

African nations threatening to stymie climate change agreements in Barcelona have named Kevin Rudd as one political leader who has failed to deliver meaningful targets.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has offered more assistance to victims of flooding on the NSW north coast.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been asked to allow Labor MPs a free parliamentary vote on gay marriage.

Sydney, Nov 8 : Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday.

The South Pacific island nation of Fiji is embroiled in another diplomatic row with Australia and New Zealand after expelling their top envoys over a spat about travel visas.

THERE are ominous signs that an agreement at Copenhagen could be doomed to failure after G20 finance ministers were unable to reach a consensus on how to fund a global scheme to combat climate change.

FORMER prime minister John Howard has launched an extraordinary attack on Kevin Rudd, accusing him of running a wasteful do-nothing government and mishandling the asylum seeker issue.

INDONESIA extended by a week from today a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.

Kevin Rudd is kidding himself if he thinks Australia can act as a bridge between the US and China, Rupert Murdoch says / File Rudd kidding himself with G20 - Murdoch Made too much of China during election China expects too much from PM KEVIN Rudd is delusional if he thinks Australia can lead the world or act as a bridge between the US and China, ...

A $320 million government bailout of a compensation fund for asbestos victims does not excuse James Hardie from making future payments, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

"The tentacles of the climate change sceptics reach deep into the ranks of the Liberal Party." Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has upped the pressure on the Opposition over its emissions trading stance, accusing it of being full of climate change deniers intent on delaying action.