Australian immigration minister under attack for foreign workers’ deal
May 26th, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 26 (IANS) Australian trade unions have urged the Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to overturn a decision by her immigration minister to allow an iron ... Read more...
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Australian navy intercepts 119 asylum seekers
January 8th, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 8 (IANS) A boat carrying 119 asylum seekers has been intercepted by the Australian Navy off the country's west coast, the immigration department has said.The HMAS Maryborough, operating ... Read more...
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Oz minister backs India uranium deal, says no to Pakistan
December 6th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne/New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Backing the ruling Labour Party's decision to export uranium to India, Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith Tuesday rejected a similar deal for Pakistan and ... Read more...
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Pakistan wants equal treatment from Australia on uranium
December 5th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Canberra, Dec 5 (IANS) If Australia sells uranium to India, it should sell to Pakistan as well, Pakistan's High Commissioner Abdul Malik Abdullah here told ABC Radio Monday.On Sunday, ... Read more...
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Australian minister denies secret uranium talks with India
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne Oct 14 (IANS) Australian Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has denied that Australia is conducting a "confidential dialogue" to sell uranium to India.According to ABC Radio, the minister's ... Read more...
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Australia to relax visa norms to woo students
September 22nd, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Sep 22 (IANS) Worried by continuing slide in the international students' numbers, the Australian government has decided to relax visa norms further.The decision has coincided with former New South ... Read more...
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Illegal prostitution booming in Queensland
January 30th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 30 (ANI): Illegal prostitution is exploding in Queensland, shows a damning submission to the state's crime watchdog.The bad old days when illegal prostitution was operated with impunity are returning to ... Read more...
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US diplomats monitored Gillard’s progress: Wikileaks
December 9th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 9(ANI): US diplomats had closely followed the rise of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, according to classified US diplomatic cables released by whistleblower website Wikileaks.According to the Age, ... Read more...
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Ground to be named after Shane Warne
November 12th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 12 (ANI): Australian bowling legend Shane Warne will get a ground named after him in Melbourne.Melbourne's heritage-listed Junction Oval would be renamed the Shane Warne Oval under a proposed multi-million ... Read more...
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Oz voters want three key Independents to support Labor to form minority government: Poll
September 4th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Sept 4 (ANI): A majority, 37 percent of Australian voters want the three Independent MPs who will decide the shape of the minority government, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, ... Read more...
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Australian voters want independents to support Labor
September 4th, 2010 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 4 (IANS) Australian voters want the three independent MPs to support a Labor government led by incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard rather than join the opposition coalition, a survey said ... Read more...
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Independent MP offers support to Gillard
September 2nd, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 2 (IANS) Independent MP from Tasmania, Andrew Wilkie decided Thursday to support the Labor Party, giving incumbent Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard 74 seats in her bid to form a ... Read more...
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Over one in ten Oz voters would vote differently, if given another chance
August 31st, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Aug 31 (ANI): Over one in ten voters would have voted differently had they known Australia was headed towards a hung parliament, according to a new poll conducted for the public ... Read more...
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Gillard vows to improve Australian democracy
August 31st, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 31 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged to "renovate" the Labor Party's tradition to make lasting improvements to Australian democracy.
With the Australian Electoral Commission's vote count still ... Read more...
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Majority of Australians want monarchy to remain for now
August 29th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra (Australia), Aug 29 (ANI): A majority 48 percent of Australians have said that the country should retain the monarchy for now while 44 percent want a republic form of government, ... Read more...
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Australia to hold elections August 21
July 17th, 2010 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 17 (DPA) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Saturday announced general elections to be held August 21.
After a week of mounting speculation she met with Governor General Quentin Bryce Saturday ... Read more...
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Gillard likely to meet Oz Governor General to set election date
July 16th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to visit Governor General Quentin Bryce tomorrow to set an August 28 election date.Gillard visited Werribee a early today for ... Read more...
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Gillard becomes Australia’s first female prime minister
June 24th, 2010 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 24 (DPA) Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister Thursday after incumbent Kevin Rudd stood aside in her favour.
After Rudd conceded the numbers were against him, a secret ... Read more...
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Melbourne to play leading role in Bollywood epic
March 20th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar. 20 (ANI): Leading Indian actors from the film industries in Mumbai and South India, Geneila De Souza and Ram Cherain Teja are in Melbourne for the filming of the feature ... Read more...
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Satyam pulls out of $75 mn Australian project
September 11th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Canbera, Sep 11 (IANS) Mahindra Satyam has pulled out of a $75 million software development project that the disgraced Satyam founder had promised to set up in Australia's Geelong city, media ... Read more...
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Australians warned there is no free lunch
March 12th, 2009 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 12 (DPA) Australians were warned of higher taxes to pay for the cash hand-outs they began receiving Thursday from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 42-billion-Australian-dollar ($26-billion) stimulus package.
"They've got to understand ... Read more...
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Battery-powered smoking device banned by State Government
December 31st, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 31 (ANI): The Brumby Labor Government in Australia has banned a battery-powered device, which is said to be a healthy alternative to smoking.The device, which resembles a traditional cigarette, ... Read more...
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Red pens for marking pupils copies deemed aggressive Down Under!
December 3rd, 2008 - 5:06 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 3 (ANI): Teachers Down Under have been told not to use red pen to mark schoolchildren''s work because its too aggressive.Queensland''s Deputy Opposition Leader Mark McArdle told parliament today ... Read more...
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Rudd Government needs to rethink its nuclear energy policy, says Oz opposition
June 27th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 27 (ANI): The Kevin Rudd-led Labor Government in Australia needs to rethink its policy on nuclear energy if it does not want to be placed in a precarious position ... Read more...
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Australian Foreign Minister hosts his Indian counterpart
June 23rd, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra , June 23 (ANI): Australia said on Monday it would consider uranium sales to India if New Delhi was able to strike a landmark nuclear pact with the United States ... Read more...
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British Army accused of torturing Basra Shia leader, family
April 6th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr.6 (ANI): A Shia tribal leader and his family have claimed that they were hooded and beaten up by British soldiers based at Basra airport last year.
If proved, the allegations ... Read more...
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Gloss rubs off Australia’s shiny economy
March 22nd, 2008 - 9:19 am ICT by admin
By Sid Astbury
Sydney, March 22 (DPA) Unemployment at a 33-year low, a debt-free government, inflation in check and the best-ever terms of trade for Australia's minerals delivering a 16th year of economic ... Read more...
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Australia orders probe into Haneef episode
March 13th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Melbourne, March 13 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammed Haneef can look forward to justice, as Australia's Kevin Rudd-led Labor government kept its word and Thursday launched a judicial inquiry into the ... Read more...
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Australia’s Opposition leader pitches for Uranium sale to India
December 31st, 2007 - 12:53 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Dec 31 (ANI): Australia's Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has once again asked the Kevin Rudd Government to give a green signal to the sale of Uranium to India.
He contended that the ... Read more...
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