Tag: politics

The Greens say the environment would come under "massive attack" if wall-to-wall conservative governments take power across Australia.

ALP Abroad urges South Australians in London to have their say in state election.

Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop says Russia must help resolve tensions in Ukraine by withdrawing its troops from the strife-torn country.

Paris and London are on the itinerary for Bill Shorten's first trip as opposition leader.

Liberal MP Andrew Laming says he has no regrets about standing on his head and drinking a beer - and his boss isn't too concerned either.

Human Rights Watch has slammed Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in its annual report.

British Labour leader Ed Miliband argues the Tories, guided by Australian Lynton Crosby, are planning the "dirtiest election campaign for over 20 years".

Kevin Rudd keeps a low profile on his last day in Parliament.

Tony Abbott has praised former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as an extraordinary person who will continue to serve Australia.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has taken to twitter to bid farewell and has been both praised and condemned on social media networks.

Former PM Kevin Rudd quits parliament saying he bears no malice.

Former prime minister John Howard has savaged Ed Miliband after the British Labour leader suggested Lynton Crosby was employing dog-whistle politics.

Labor’s shadow frontbench includes 11 women and six new faces as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten seek a new direction for his party.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberbatch is “a geriatric snoozefest that only the US government could love”.

Australian victims of the terror attacks in New York, London, and Bali are finally set to be compensated.

Britain’s opposition leader says the campaign tactics used by John Howard’s former strategist won’t work in the UK because “we are better than that”.

A confusing name, a donkey vote and a complicated deal through the preference whisperer can help you become a senator no-one’s heard of.

The tightness of the contest in the Victorian seat of Indi between independent Cathy McGowan and sitting MP Sophie Mirabella has led Mirabella to exclude herself from the first Abbott ministry.

ELECTION13 | Australian politicians have called for reforms to the electoral system after Saturday's election saw several candidates from fringe parties elected as the result of complex preference arrangements.

Australia House has traditionally attracted one of the largest turnouts for Australians voting overseas, and in this year’s federal election it was no different.

Australia’s incoming prime minister Tony Abbott has spent the first working day of his government getting things in order, as Labor looks for a leader.

ELECTION13 | Queensland entrepreneur Clive Palmer is expected to win the Sunshine Coast electorate of Farifax, with several other Palmer United Party members highly likely to take positions in parliament.

Julian Assange believes his political party has performed well in the Senate race despite failing to get anyone elected.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has quit the leadership of the Labor party after Saturday’s election defeat.

Tony Abbott has received a rapturous reception as he stepped up to the podium to make his acceptance speech in the Australian federal election.

A smiling Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has conceded defeat in the Australian federal election but says Labor fought the good fight.

With one day left for London Aussies to cast their votes at Australia House, an exit poll conducted by Australian Times shows a swing towards the coalition in the 2013 election, despite Labor leading on a two party preferred basis.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As voters prepare to go to the polls, Tony Abbott’s Liberal-National coalition looks set to defeat Kevin Rudd’s Labor government.

Young Australians are being urged to vote in the Australian federal election. Prepolling facilities are open for Australian expats in London at Australia House.

The Coalition have backflipped on plans to implement an online internet filter across Australia, with opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull stating the original policy released on Thursday advocating a UK-style ‘opt-out’ system was incorrect and had been ‘poorly worded’.

ELECTION13 | Federal candidates in Treasurer Chris Bowen's electorate of McMahon have been linked to both corrupt detective Roger Rogerson and political assassin Phuong Ngo as the election campaign turns negative.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As the federal election looms, we look at the top five quotes that have shaped the political careers of the two leaders who will go head to head in a bid to lead the nation: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his challenger Tony Abbott.

ELECTION13 | Australian political leaders have made a video pitch to contestants in this year's Big Brother Australia house in the lead-up to Saturday's federal election.

ELECTION13 | Liberal candidate for Lindsay Fiona Scott has blamed traffic congestion in western Sydney on an influx of asylum seekers under the Labor government.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the 7 September election looming, Australian expats in the UK are being urged to cast their vote at prepolling facilities at Australia House.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Labor entered the election campaign as the underdog and remains so with less than a week until polling day.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Make your vote count in the 2013 Federal Election by ensuring you correctly complete ballot papers for the House of Representatives and the Senate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Heading into the final week of the election campaign, Labor and the coalition have kept the focus on the economy and spending priorities.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Comedian Adam Hills says he’s genuinely distressed by the current state of Australian politics and what that means for the country’s image overseas.

INTERVIEW | The Australian government is, for Julian Assange, a place of corruption, of compromised interests, political infighting and parties who have lost their purpose and direction. Ahead of next week’s federal election in which he is running for a seat in the Senate, he tells Australian Times why he’s ...

ELECTION 13 | Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has announced plans to abolish tertiary education fees if elected to government in next month's federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has announced $31.6 billion of promised budget cuts, but he remains elusive on the timing of a promised budget surplus.

ELECTION 13 | Voting for the people that represent you in parliament is a big responsibility, even when you are living away from home. Australian Times went down to Australia House in London - the biggest polling booth in this year's federal election - to see what all the fuss ...

New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell has been involved in a tense altercation with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the campaign trail today over Labor's plans to move a major naval base from Sydney to Brisbane.

OPINION | This election, make sure you cast your vote on the basis of a party’s policies, not their personalities, argues CHLOE WESTLEY.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian victims of past terrorism attacks will receive compensation if the coalition wins the election.

Australian expats in the UK can vote at pre-polling facilities in London at Australia House. Facilities are open from Monday 26 August to Friday 6 September.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With conscience issues likely to come to parliament in the coming term, Bob Katter and Clive Palmer have given their members some flexibility.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott has laid out his plan for a coalition government, should it win power on 7 September, at the official Liberal election campaign.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott’s plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to stop them being used by people smugglers shows his lack of understanding, Jakarta says.