The head of Victoria's Adult Parole Board is under extreme pressure to resign, after investigations revealed he offered clandestine legal advice to a Melbourne crime boss.
The Labor government's new national disability care scheme, which lead to a 0.5 percentage point increase of the Medicare levy, could be put the legislation to Parliament before the election, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Thursday.
The China Foreign Exchange Trade System said on Tuesday that it will start direct trading of its currency against the Australia dollar based on market principals.
Though talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with China have lagged for years, Australia wants to finish them to further boost bilateral economic ties, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday.
Though talks on a free trade agreement with China have lagged for years, Australia wants to finish them to further boost bilateral economic ties, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday.
Australian Labor Party's primary vote stands at just 30 percent, down 5 points since December, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers showed on Monday.
The latest result of Newspoll on Monday, conducted for The Australian at the weekend, puts the Australian Labor Party's primary support at 32 percent. The vote is back to the level it was at the end of the parliamentary year in December, and the Coalition's primary support is the highest since July last year.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia's first national security strategy on Wednesday, saying Australia's primary national security focus will be on the Asian region in a post 9/11 era.
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