Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull brushes off calls to quit
Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull Tuesday rejected calls for him to resign after the weekend's disastrous election, as senior government figures pleaded against infighting.
Tue Jul 05 2016
Australian government has lost its mandate: Labor opposition
Australia's opposition Labor Party on Saturday claimed the government had lost its mandate to rule.
Sat Jul 02 2016
Australian PM Turnbull confident of forming government
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he had "every confidence" of retaining government, despite Saturday's national elections failing to give his coalition an immediate clear victory.
Sat Jul 02 2016
Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton under fire for 'illiterate' refugees comment
Australia's immigration minister Peter Dutton is accused of xenophobia after he said increasing refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate" people claiming welfare.
Wed May 18 2016
Oslo aims to make city center car-free within four years
Cars will be banned from central Oslo by 2019 to help reduce pollution, local politicians said on Monday, in what they said would be the first comprehensive and permanent ban for a European capital.
Mon Oct 19 2015
Same-sex marriage: Australia says nation should wait for Asia
Australia's conservative government said Australia should not legalize same-sex marriage because no Asian country has adopted it.
Thu Jul 02 2015
Push for Aussie war dead to be brought back from Malaysia
Australia's Opposition Labor Party supports a move by veterans to have Australia's war dead interred in Terendak to be brought home.
Sat Feb 21 2015
Tentera Australia yang disemadi di Malaysia digesa dibawa balik
Labor Party menyokong saranan para veteran perang negara itu yang mahukan tentera Australia dan disemadi di Melaka dibawa pulang.
Fri Feb 20 2015
Early exit polls report opposition romp in Australia
Early exit polls taken in Australia's national election Saturday showed the Tony Abbott-led conservative opposition romping to victory over Kevin Rudd's Labor Party.
Sat Sep 07 2013
'Comeback kid' Australian PM vows fight to the last
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed to fight until "the last vote is cast" in a rousing speech declaring himself the "comeback kid for Australia" Sunday, one week out from national polls.
Sun Sep 01 2013
Australian PM faces battle as election campaign begins
Rudd on Sunday named September 7 as the day Australians will go to the polls, hoping to complete a stunning political comeback with victory for his Labor Party three years after it ousted him.
Mon Aug 05 2013
Australia set for September 7 election: PM
He is hoping to complete a stunning political comeback by keeping the centre-left Labor Party in power three years after it ousted him.
Sun Aug 04 2013
Rudd beats Australian PM Gillard in leadership vote
Kevin Rudd ousted Prime Minister Julia Gillard as head of Australia's Labor Party in a leadership ballot Wednesday.
Wed Jun 26 2013
Australian opposition leaps ahead in polls
Australia's opposition coalition has increased its lead as support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Labor Party wanes ahead of September elections, according to a poll published on Monday.
Mon Feb 18 2013
Australia's Labor heading for defeat
Australia's ruling Labor party is heading for a huge defeat in elections this year, according to the first national polls Monday.
Mon Feb 04 2013