Crean refused PM's order to resign

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard will take her ministry team to western Sydney on May 22 for a community cabinet meeting. The event - which will include one-on-one meetings with ministers and a public forum - will be held at the Regents Park Christian ...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled the new Cabinet on Monday, a week after party rivals asked her to step down and clear the way for former leader Kevin Rudd to head the government.

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The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election. In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as "decisions taken but ...

Source: PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has postponed her plan to tackle gun violence, particularly in western Sydney, with tough national anti-gang laws delayed until after the election. During her March visit to Rooty Hill, Ms Gillard said her plan ...

ACT schools could lose up to $1.4 million each under a Coalition government, the federal government is warning in a new front in its campaign against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said if the opposition refused to ...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to sign a joint declaration aimed at broadening the Australian-PNG relationship. The prime minister is in Port Moresby for her first official visit to Australia's closest neighbour, and will meet cabinet on ...

AAP Labor cabinet member Bill Shorten has warned Tony Abbott would hike the GST rate if elected as prime minister in September. The federal government claims Mr Abbott's plan for a tax "white paper" within two years, announced in his budget reply ...

Treasurer Wayne Swan has told cabinet colleagues his sixth budget on Tuesday will put jobs and growth first. IN A moment of refreshing frankness, Treasurer Wayne Swan said at the weekend he regretted failing to return the Budget to surplus this year ...