http://www.mail.com/people/379672-julia-gillard.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/379672-julia-gillard.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2125160-yothu-yindi-frontman-mandawuy-yunupingu-dies-56.html SYDNEY (AP) — Mandawuy Yunupingu, the former lead singer of Australian indigenous band Yothu Yindi and one of the country's most famous Aborigines, has died, Australia's prime minister said Monday. He was 56. Yunupingu, who gained worldwide fame in the 1980s and 1990s with his hits "Treaty" and "Tribal Voice," died Sunday night at his home in a tiny Outba... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:26:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2125160-yothu-yindi-frontman-mandawuy-yunupingu-dies-56.html 2013-06-03T03:26:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115336-australian-lawmaker-confirms-china-hacked-spy-base.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — 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 lawmaker said Wednesday in the first confirmation of media reports. "These events did take place some time ago," senior opposition lawmaker George Brandis told Sky News television... Wed, 29 May 2013 02:35:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115336-australian-lawmaker-confirms-china-hacked-spy-base.html 2013-05-29T02:35:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104438-ford-to-auto-production-australia-2016.html SYDNEY (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales. The closure of the U.S. automaker's plants in the state of Victoria will mean the loss of 1,200 jobs and will transform the company into an import-only brand in Australia.... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:21:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104438-ford-to-auto-production-australia-2016.html 2013-05-23T03:21:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046038-australian-titanic-plans-political-bid.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A wealthy Australian who is rebuilding the Titanic plans to do the political equivalent. Clive Palmer said Friday he intends to refloat the United Australian Party, a once dominant force in Australian politics that sank without a trace in the 1940s. The mining magnate plans to revive the Great Depression-era party and stand cand... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:01:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046038-australian-titanic-plans-political-bid.html 2013-04-26T06:01:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027390-cheers-maori-song-nzealand-oks-gay-marriage.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Supporters of the bill, including hundreds of gay-rights advocates, stood and cheered after the 77-44 vote was announced late... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027390-cheers-maori-song-nzealand-oks-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-18T10:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025180-nzealand-13th-country-to-legalize-gay-marriage.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill on its third and final reading Wednesday night. People watching from t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025180-nzealand-13th-country-to-legalize-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-18T01:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2019880-australians-rejoice-scotts-masters-victory.html BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The roar that followed Adam Scott's Masters-winning putt at Augusta National could only be heard on the television broadcast so many thousand miles away on Australia's east coast. But distance doesn't really matter Down Under. Within seconds of Scott's 12-foot putt finding the cup on the second playoff hole at Augusta, fans who ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:47:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2019880-australians-rejoice-scotts-masters-victory.html 2013-04-15T07:47:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003306-chinas-xi-offers-to-reduce-friction-hotspots.html BOAO, China (AP) — 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 should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots. In a speech to a regional business forum with political leaders from Australia to Z... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:38:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003306-chinas-xi-offers-to-reduce-friction-hotspots.html 2013-04-08T03:38:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1992430-australia-puts-226m-20000-leagues-remake.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is paying its biggest Hollywood inducement ever to bring "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Down Under. The Walt Disney Studios will film a new version of the science fiction classic in Australia, which will pay the studio 21.6 million Australia dollars ($22.6 million) to film there, the government said Tuesday. ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:08:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1992430-australia-puts-226m-20000-leagues-remake.html 2013-04-03T04:08:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968876-australian-pm-apologizes-forced-adoptions.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a historic national apology in Parliament to the thousands of unwed mothers who were forced by government policies to give up their babies for adoption over several decades. More than 800 people affected by the policy cried and cheered as they listened to the apology in the Great... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:20:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968876-australian-pm-apologizes-forced-adoptions.html 2013-03-22T01:20:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969224-australian-minister-quits-party-ballot-fiasco.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Another Australian government minister quit Friday in the fallout from a bungled leadership ballot that reinforced perceptions of a crisis in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's administration six months before national elections. "This is the honorable thing to do," Chris Bowen told reporters after Gillard accepted his resignation a... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:03:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969224-australian-minister-quits-party-ballot-fiasco.html 2013-03-22T01:03:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961812-myanmar-president-welcomes-closer-australia-ties.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's transition to "peace, democracy and prosperity," a mission that he said "has no parallel in modern times." The first Myanmar leader to visit Australia since 1974, Thein Sein joined Australian Prime M... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:26:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961812-myanmar-president-welcomes-closer-australia-ties.html 2013-03-18T08:26:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1956220-boss-plays-note-caution-economic-sway.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Bruce Springsteen is playing a note of caution about his political influence over Australian economic policies. Springsteen and his E Street Band opened their Wrecking Ball Tour to enthusiastic reviews in Brisbane, the hometown of Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan, who revealed in a speech last year that ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:47:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1956220-boss-plays-note-caution-economic-sway.html 2013-03-15T02:47:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953638-australia-aboriginal-government-leader.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the nation's impoverished indigenous population. Adam Giles was sworn in Thursday as government head of the Northern Territory, one of two Australian mainland territories largely treated as ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:57:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953638-australia-aboriginal-government-leader.html 2013-03-14T10:57:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855354-australian-pm-announces-sept-14-elections.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised Australians on Wednesday by announcing that elections will be held Sept. 14, in a country where governments have traditionally given the opposition little more than a month's notice to keep a strategic advantage. In a speech to the National Press Gallery, Gillard said she wanted to create a... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855354-australian-pm-announces-sept-14-elections.html 2013-01-30T06:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776976-australian-gay-politician-married-spain.html MADRID (AP) — A prominent gay Australian politician married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same-sex marriage legislation. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be lega... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776976-australian-gay-politician-married-spain.html 2012-12-19T17:12:00Z