EUROPEAN COMMISSION : Brussels, 21 May 2013 Herman Van Rompuy ...

Federal budget at a glanceTreasurer Wayne Swan's budget speech The application charge for skilled foreign worker visas will increase by $900 to raise nearly $200 million over four years. The decision, confirmed in the budget, comes as the Gillard ...

Former Liberal leader John Hewson has called for an independent Federal commission to restructure the political make-up of the country, with the well-respected economist saying there is too much duplication at both levels of government. In a ...

The new head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) faces many big challenges, but perhaps the most important one of all is getting spectrum out of the hands of parties that don't use the scarce resource as efficiently and into the hands of ...

The Federal Government has gone on the offensive over Tony Abbott's budget reply speech, accusing the Opposition Leader of saving his harshest cuts until after the election. In a detailed reply speech to Parliament last night, Mr Abbott outlined $5 ...

MetroPCS dropped its lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality regulations on Friday, leaving Verizon to continue the legal battle against the rules on its own. T-Mobile, which was not challenging the rules, acquired ...

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainer Stinner, Distinguished colleagues, I'd like to sincerely thank you for this invitation and say that I'm delighted that the FDP parliamentary group is addressing this very topical issue. We talk a lot about reforms and ...

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair crums after a speech at the Economic Club in Toronto on Friday, May 10, 2013. Mulcair announced the NDP would launch a national consultation on urban issues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel Share: Text: Published Thursday, ...

President of the European Commission State of the Union conference/Florence Ladies and gentlemen, First let me thank you for having invited me again to be here with you on Europe Day. It is always with a great pleasure that I come to Italy and to ...

US Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the 49th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, in Chicago today. The speech is reproduced in full.http://www.ftseglobalmarkets.com/ US Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke ...