Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged more than $50 million to support the workers, businesses and regions affected by Ford Australia’s decision to close its Victorian manufacturing plants in October 2016. Ford Australia president...Show More Summary
So who said pre-election budgets were for handouts? Very shortly after her treasurer released a remarkably austere budget, with bad news on the surplus front to boot, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard awoke to a robust 8-pointShow More Summary
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Julia Gillard visited ExxonMobil's new gas project in PNG on Friday. It's the biggest development ever in the Pacific - and Australia is one of its main financers, writes Luke Fletcher
The mainstream media have been accused of trivialising political coverage in Australia over an incident involving Prime Minister Julia Gillard and a sandwich on 8 May 2013. Apparently, it even went viral overseas both in the press and online.
Traditional dancers perform ahead of the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Jackson International Airport on May 9, 2013 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The trip is the first official visit for Gillard to the Pacific Island nation and the first visit since former prime minster Kevin Rudd visited in 2007. The […]
On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was visiting a high school in Brisbane when someone threw a sandwich at her. Read more...
"Investigations were under way yesterday into who lobbed Vegemite sandwiches at Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard as she toured a Queensland school." --- See more posts by Alex Balk 0 comments
A story getting big play across Australian media today: On a visit to a high school yesterday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard had a Vegemite sandwich thrown at her by one of the students. The alleged thrower was suspended from school for three weeks, the Brisbane Times reports, but he claims...
These exchanges between the Prime Minister and students on Q&A on Monday are disturbing, not least because the Julia Gillard’s answer to…
Julia Gillard's first visit Papua to New Guinea as prime minister, starting tomorrow, is loaded with symbolism. Following on from the April visit of Australia's first female Governor-General, the Prime Minister can demonstrate to Papua...Show More Summary
Prime Minister Julia Gillard explains to gullible children that her financial woes are caused almost entirely by a fall in income: I…
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. Will Julia Gillard go to the G20 Leaders' summit in St Petersburg on 5-6 September, one week before the federal election? This is a question being asked by many,Show More Summary
With Newspoll leaving Labor down at 44 to the Coalition’s 56, it’s clear Julia…