JULIA GILLARD

Earth Hour

'Earth Hour' picks momentum

At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour.

US, NATO weighing options over Libya: Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its NATO allies are weighing wide range of potential options (including military intervention) to pressure Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi from committing any further acts of unacceptable against the opposition rebels.

Gillard govt to set carbon price from mid-2012

IBTimes Logo
Australia's government launched a third attempt on Thursday to make carbon polluters pay for their emissions, unveiling plans for a fixed-price scheme from 2012 and vowing not to surrender this time in the face of fierce opposition.
 Cyclone Yasi

Support for Australian government tumbles after disasters

The Australian government's support has slipped to dangerously low levels following a summer of natural disasters and as Prime Minister Julia Gillard fights for a new tax to pay for flood and cyclone reconstruction, a new poll found on Monday.
More news

Australia government weighs levy for flood damage: report

Australia's government is reportedly considering a taxpayer levy to help pay for massive flood rebuilding, while preserving the budget's path back to surplus in 2012-13, as one major bank warned on Tuesday the damage bill could reach A$20 billion.

Wage and inflation risks loom after Australia floods

Extensive reconstruction after Australia's floods risks fuelling a wages blow-out, as flooded states and the booming resource sector bid for scarce workers, which will in turn push up inflation and add pressure for a tightening of interest rates.

Australia floods inundate Brisbane, 43 missing

Massive floods shut down the centre of Australia's third-largest city, sent thousands fleeing from their homes and sparked panic buying of food on Wednesday as rescuers searched for 43 people missing in floodwaters.

Australia floods inundate Brisbane, 67 missing

Thousands of residents of Australia's third-largest city evacuated homes on Wednesday as massive floods began to inundate the financial district, sparked panic buying of food and left authorities despairing for nearly 70 people missing.
GRAPHIC-Did Aussie dollar fall spark commodities sell-off?

Aussie floods pushing up commodity prices

The devastating floods in Queensland Australia has driven up the prices of certain commodities, including coal, wheat and sugar. With warnings that the flood may not recede for weeks, the longer-term impact on commodity prices becomes a great concern.
IBTimes Logo

Glass ceiling breaks at G20

One of the most interesting – and perhaps under-reported -- aspects of the G20 summit in Seoul is the four female political leaders in attendance. According to press reports, no prior G20 summit has had this many women heads of state.
IBTimes Logo

Return to power within grasp for Australia's Gillard

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four kingmaker MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority government following last month's dead-heat elections.
IBTimes Logo

Australian PM wins Greens support in govt bid

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard forged an alliance with the Greens party on Wednesday to take her party closer to forming a government, but vowed not to allow the deal to change her plans for a tax on miners' profits.
IBTimes Logo

Australia's Gillard warns of political gridlock

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday claimed her Labor Party was best placed to run a stable minority government after the election dead heat, warning of political gridlock if a consensus is not found.
IBTimes Logo

Australia poll deadlock no closer to resolution

Australia's opposition leader denied on Friday he was manoeuvring to force the country back to the ballot box after a weekend election delivered a hung parliament, with independents holding the balance of power.
IBTimes Logo

Australians bet on fresh election next year

Australians are betting that a minority government expected to be formed in the next few weeks will not last a full term and fresh elections will be called in 2011, an online bookmaker said on Friday.
IBTimes Logo

Australian Dollar Outlook 19/7/2010

The Australian Dollar once again retreated during Friday evening's trade as concerns about the global economic recovery emerged and equity markets headed down in Europe and the US.
IBTimes Logo

The New Civil Wars Within the West

Internecine civil wars are underway almost everywhere within the West, and most virulently in the United States of America. They are not yet kinetic wars, but wars of grinding prepositioning, the kind which lead to foregone conclusions without a shot being fired. They are wars of survival, nonetheless, because the basic architecture for national strength is being altered incrementally or dramatically. And, in many cases, consciously.
IBTimes Logo

Australian Dollar Outlook 5/7/2010

The Australian Dollar has opened up in the high 0.8300's this morning after struggling on Friday evening's trade to fall short of 0.8500, following the new Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcement of a compromise position on the RSPT (Resource Super Profits Tax) which became the MRRT (Mineral Resource Rent Tax).
IBTimes Logo

Australia strikes compromise tax deal with miners

Australia ended a damaging dispute with global miners on Friday by dumping its planned super profits tax for a lower resources rent tax backed by big miners, clearing a major hurdle to calling an early election.
IBTimes Logo

Gillard reject claims of intimidation to principals

Newly-installed Prime Minister Julia Gillard has brushed off statements that some school principals were intimidated out of speaking to a task force investigating her Building the Education Revolution program.
IBTimes Logo

Australia PM under pressure to cut mine tax deal

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she was confident of resolving a dispute with miners over a controversial tax, amid speculation she could call an election within weeks to capitalize on a government surge in opinion polls.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.

Real Time Analytics