Australians chose between making a conservative male their fourth prime minister in three years or sticking with their first female leader in tight elections Saturday just two months after she took power. In early counting, the Australian Electoral Commission said the governing center-left Labor Party was trailing the conservative opposition coalition in the popular vote. [...]
Polls closed across Australia as officials began counting ballots in the tightest national election in more than 40 years. Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor Party won 60 seats and Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition had 49 with 34 percent of the total vote counted as of 8:15 p.m. Sydney time, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. [...]
Two speedboats carrying Thai and Western tourists have collided in the Gulf of Thailand injuring at least 33 people, and two are thought to be missing, hospital staff and media said Sunday. The accident happened late Saturday night as the boats were ferrying people to and from a full moon party on a beach on [...]
Emotional Rudd gives way as Gillard becomes Australia’s first female Prime Minister- A sudden revolt within Australia’s ruling party has given the country its first ever female prime minister. Julia Gillard had been deputy to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd since their Labor Party swept to power in a landslide election victory in 2007. In an [...]
New residents and Australians may have to live in New Zealand for two years before they can get student loans, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said today. Speaking on TVNZ’s Q&A programme, Mr Joyce outlined changes to the tertiary sector – including reducing the number of tertiary education course, allowing some expensive courses to charge [...]
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