Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard

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  Australian lawmaker confirms China hacked spy base

  Chinese hackers stole the blueprints of Australia's new spy agency headquarters years ago and the breach has been dealt with since then, an opposition ... 

• Australian behind new Titanic plans political bid

  A wealthy Australian who is rebuilding the Titanic plans to do the political equivalent. Clive Palmer said Friday he intends to refloat the United ... 

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  NZealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage

  Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world and the first in the ... 

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  China's Xi offers to reduce friction over hotspots

  With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country ... 

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  Australian PM apologizes for forced adoptions

  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by ... 

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  Australian minister quits over party ballot fiasco

  Another Australian government minister quit Friday in the fallout from a bungled leadership ballot that reinforced perceptions of a crisis in Prime ... 

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  Myanmar president welcomes closer Australia ties

  Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's transition to ... 

• Australia gets first Aboriginal government leader

  Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the ... 

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  Australian PM announces Sept. 14 elections

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised Australians on Wednesday by announcing that elections will be held Sept. 14, in a country where governments ...