Australia 2010 Election
Asylum seeker deaths pressures Australia minority government
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The death of 28 asylum seekers, who drowned when their boat was smashed on rocks on Christmas Island, has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to soften Australia's asylum policy and may strain her one-seat minority government. | Video
Australia brings forward decision on carbon price
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government intends to wrap up an agreement next year on pricing carbon, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday, testing the strength of her minority rule and pressing the accelerator on Canberra's climate change fight.
Australia's Labor suffers state election reverse
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's ruling Labor Party was in fresh political turmoil Sunday after elections in the second-most populous state looked to have delivered another hung parliament, or worse, a surprise conservative opposition victory.
Anatomist sells body parts online
BERLIN (Reuters) - Gunther von Hagens, a German anatomist famous for his controversial Body World exhibition displaying plastinated bodies, is now selling human and animal body parts -- even as jewelry -- online.
No carbon price in sight for Australia before 2012
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will not put a price on carbon emissions until at least 2012, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that a committee examining the issue would not finish its deliberations until end-2011.
Factbox: Policy priorities for Australian PM Gillard
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament meets on September 28, giving Prime Minister Julia Gillard a first chance to test her ability to control a wafer-thin majority.
Australian PM Gillard's majority becomes slimmer
CANBERRA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's wafer-thin ruling majority became even more fragile on Thursday after the conservative opposition backed out of a deal over the prized job of parliamentary Speaker.
Australia PM leaves open carbon tax option: media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has left open the possibility of introducing a carbon tax as the government starts talks with the Greens on cutting emissions, newspapers reported on Friday.
Australia's Gillard says no rush to carbon trade
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Thursday she would not push the accelerator on emissions trading after miner BHP Billiton called for her government to move ahead with a price on carbon.
RPT-UPDATE 1-Australian PM Gillard announces new cabinet
CANBERRA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled her new cabinet on Saturday, with Wayne Swan retaining his treasury portfolio and former climate minister Penny Wong moved to the senior finance portfolio.
Haiti charges returned ex-dictator Duvalier
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti on Tuesday briefly detained former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, back from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year rule. | Video
Washington flatfooted by return of Haiti’s “Baby Doc”
Haiti's infamous "Baby Doc", Jean Claude Duvalier, made a surprise reappearance in his homeland this weekend, and Washington's planners had less than an hour to prepare.
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