Health Services Union
Is a code of conduct for politicians the answer to recent political scandals? The ANU's John Wanna thinks it'd be a start. JULIA Gillard has conceded that her government is in political trouble but blamed a "relentless" fear campaign by Tony Abbott and the ...

ACTU Congress
"We should ensure that we stiffen our spines and... get on with the work that working Australians want us to do" ... Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called upon the unions to get behind labor. Photo: Michele Mossop JULIA GILLARD has urged the labour movement to stiffen its spine and fight its way

Ms Gillard
IF you sat across the table from Julia Gillard this morning, it would be hard not to like her: on a one-on-one basis, she's charming, engaging and self-deprecating. That's why she's personally popular inside her party; backbenchers like that she takes the ...

Tony Abbott
Australias government, facing an election next year, scrapped a planned cut in company taxes to fund payouts for low- and middle-income earners in its budget as Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempts to counter a slide in opinion polls.

Wayne Swan
KIRRIBILLIS public housing residents have invited Prime Minister Julia Gillard to their home to see not all those living on the north shore are well off. The residents of the Greenway housing estate, who live just a few hundred metres from Ms Gillard ...

Prime Minister
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke on the phone with US President Barack Obama this morning on the cash needed for Afghanistan to kept its security forces running after 2014 when international troops depart. The call came ahead of a NATO summit in Chicago ...

Time to stiffen our spines, Julia Gillard tells unions
Uruzgan, a volatile region in the center of the country where Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said progress has been so pronounced her soldiers can start to come home early, was also handed over. Afghan officials are in favor of an early ...

Back me, Gillard urges unions
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged the Queensland government to put in its fair share of funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Labor set aside a billion dollars in last week's federal budget to cover the costs of care and ...

Gillard's down and almost out
Australias government will cut spending for the first time in at least 42 years as Prime Minister Julia Gillard ends four years of budget deficits, giving the central bank flexibility to lower interest rates. The underlying cash surplus will ...

Gillard Announces Budget Handout to Win Back Battlers
A union official is suing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for calling him a thug and accusing him of intimidation and extortion during a nationally televised address. John Setka, the assistant secretary of the Victorian branch of the CFMEU, says Mr Abbott defamed him and caused grave injury