Tag: Julia Gillard

Western Australian shock jock Howard Sattler has been suspended from the airwaves after asking PM Julia Gillard if her partner is gay during an interview.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back at the Newman government’s ban on federal Education Minister Peter Garrett visiting schools in the state by ordering all Labor MPs to stand outside school gates and push the Gonski reforms to parents that are dropping off and collecting their children.

A senior member of the Australian intelligence community, Major General Stephen Day, has claimed that around 80 per cent of malicious cyber-attacks that occur in Australia are sponsored by foreign powers attempting to exploit weaknesses in the country’s security systems.

Recalling his own ridicule at the hands of Julia Gillard, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has rejected prime ministerial criticism of the Liberal Party.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says a menu circulating on the internet from a Liberal National Party fundraising menu is “grossly sexist and offensive”, and the Opposition should disendorse former Howard government minister Mal Brough as the candidate for the Queensland seat of Fisher.

Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to adopt the Coalition’s policy of sending boats carrying asylum seekers back into Indonesian waters in order to address the severity of the people smuggling issue.

Leadership speculation in the federal government has put the country at risk of an early election after Independent MP Tony Windsor claimed that the deal he made in 2010 to support the Gillard Government would be “null and void” if the Australian Labor Party were to change leaders before the ...

Labor would attract almost seven per cent more votes on a two-party preferred basis if Kevin Rudd was prime minister, a poll says.

Former Labor leader Kevin Rudd says he is available to campaign in seats across the country, but is not a candidate for the leadership.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has rejected Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s accusation that Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop had “embarrassed the nation” by claiming that the Indonesian government supported the Coalition’s policy to turn back the boats of asylum seekers if elected later this year.

A former Sydney bishop says the Catholic Church needs to fundamentally change to address its abuse crisis.

Several weeks after having a sandwich thrown at her during a school visit in Queensland, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to dodge more projectile food while announcing the Australian Capital Territory’s signing up to the Gonski education reforms at Canberra's Lyneham High School.

Julia Gillard has agreed to a summit on the future of car making after Ford’s decision to stop manufacturing in Australia.

AUSTRALIANS in London and the UK will play a key role as overseas electors in Australia’s federal election when they cast their votes on 14 September. ALP Abroad will be hosting their first election planning meeting next Thursday 30 May at The Blue Posts, and encourages potential volunteers to attend.

"If you want to understand Australians, watch us on Anzac Day," says prime minister.

Feminist icon Ita Buttrose says it’s unfair Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops flak for her clothes, empty fruit bowl and her hair. Ms Buttrose also called for the introduction of quotas to address the minority representation of women in boardrooms.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning her against naming a new governor-general before this year’s federal election. Government insiders are speculating Abbott intends to nominate former mentor John Howard to the position if the Coalition is elected in the September poll.

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, 59, who believes “beauty is an iron mine”, is included in Time Magazine’s List of the 100 most influential people. She is listed alongside Barack and Michelle Obama, Steven Spielberg, Kate Middleton, Jay Z and Beyonce.

Between 11am and 11pm (AEDT) on Thursday the hashtags #spill, #Auspol, #qt, and the names and handles of key figures in federal politics generated more than 247,000 tweets, Twitter says. Here's our pick of the best.

21 December 2012: The end of the world is nigh! But it’s not all doom and gloom. We’ve found London’s best parties and events celebrating the impending apocalypse, so you can make most of the end of civilization - right up to the moment a flesh-eating zombie devours your skin.

Whilst NASA seeks to reassure the world the apocalypse is not on its way on 21 December 2012, back in Australia our own Prime Minister fears the worst and tells concerned viewers “the end of the world is coming”.

TWEETS OF THE WEEK | Barack Obama's "four more years'' victory tweet has had 802,216 retweets and counting, a twittersphere record. However, some other tweeters aren't quite as happy. So unhappy in fact, they think they might have better luck in Australia.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the Australian Parliament, accusing him of sexism and misogyny - full transcript of the speech.

TWEETS OF THE WEEK | Twitter trends hot for Julia Gillard's smackdown speech about Tony Abbott's misogynistic and sexist behavior.

POLL POSITION | Girl power has taken hold of the land Down Under where Australian "women now occupy the highest offices in the land". But does this gender shift really reflect what is happening in society?

A Current Affair devoted a whole show to pop diva Lady Gaga, who answered questions from and performed for a live studio audience.