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- Constitutional change a hard slog, says Mundine 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... visit to eastern Arnhem Land yesterday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised to begin detailed and ... and a conversation, and work with all Australians to see this happen." He says the ... slog," Mr Mundine said. Before the last election, then prime minister John Howard promised to ...
- Palmer to launch takeover bid to build $18b resources titan 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... to list on the bourse, with an Australian Securities Exchange listing also under consideration, the ... proposal, with company chair Domenic Martino and deputy chair Clive Mensink also serving on the RDI ...
- Trust vote lifted India's democratic image - B.R. Shetty 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... Scenes of currency bundles brandished in India's parliament Tuesday might well go down as a ... She will be meeting with leaders of Australia and New Zealand," he said. Australia and New Zealand are ...
- Australia must export uranium to India now: Opposition 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... Sydney, July 23 (IANS) The Australian Labour government can and must reverse its ... night's vote of confidence in the Indian parliament supporting an international agreement on the use ... time Mr. Rudd and Mr. Smith (Foreign Minister Stephen Smith) say they have not yet ...
- Hong Kong company to generate power in Haryana 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... been selected after international competitive bidding," Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced after a state ... 13,000 MW of power in Hong Kong, Australia, China, Thailand, Taiwan and India, among other ...
- Australian and New Zealand treaty signed 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... New Zealand and Australia are expanding trans-Tasman legal cooperation through a ... signed on Thursday. New Zealand Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel and Australian Attorney-General Robert Mclelland ...
- WTO Ministerial: TRIPS Issues May Be Tackled In Smaller Groups Seeking Compromises 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... > WTO Ministerial: TRIPS Issues May Be Tackled In Smaller ... discussing TRIPS issues this week, and included Australia, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States, according ...
- N-deal gets trust vote, all eyes on Washington now 24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... the trust vote unfolded in the Indian Parliament on Tuesday. As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emerged victorious, there was immediate ... Group (NSG) with member countries including UK, Australia and Russia backing the agreement. “It will ...
- Inner core meet 24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... Beattie . Pascal Lamy, head of the World Trade Organisation, convened a gathering of ministers from China, India, Brazil, Australia, the European Union, Japan and the US to seek agreement on contentious issues in ...
- School leaving figures a 'national shame' 24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... Thursday, 24 July 2008, 2:21 pm Press Release: ... leavers' highlight a massive gender gap in New Zealand schools, according to UnitedFuture education spokesperson Judy ... ignored and trivialised by the Government and Ministry of Education," says Mrs Turner. ...
- Women to live longer by 2060 24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
... shows that by 2060 women born in Australia can expect to live until the age of ... life expectancy in the world, after Japan. Minister for Ageing Justine Elliott says by the ...
- WTO talks make "some progress," but mood somber 24 Jul 2008 02:25 GMT
... trade deal made "some progress" on Thursday, ministers said but officials said the mood behind ... p.m. EDT on Wednesday). The ministers from Australia, Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Japan ...
- Thorpe on TV 24 Jul 2008 02:18 GMT
... a documentary for The History Channel about Australian swimming, is in talks with Foxtel about ... Shane Gould as well as former prime minister Malcolm Fraser. It also looks at the ...
- Garuda crash accountability must go wider: victim's sister 24 Jul 2008 02:18 GMT
... crash that killed 21 people including five Australians needs to go beyond the pilot, a ... an official visit by the then foreign minister Alexander Downer. ...
- News splashes out on Glamour 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... (owned by News Limited, publisher of The Australian) since it beefed up its magazine publishing ... launch editor in Australia, Kerry Parnell, was deputy launch editor of the British edition. Rumours of ...
- Beijing clears image hurdles 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... to cyclone Nargis. Positive. * For the Australian audience, the largely successful visits of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and other ministers, plus China ... production in Chongqing and Tianjin. Body: The ministries of Public Security and Culture, the General ...
- Key: Peters donations 'smack of hipocrisy' 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... If allegations about Winston Peters soliciting large donations, disguising ... Controversy surrounding Mr Peters over donations to New Zealand First shows little sign of abating, with ... the leader of NZ First and foreign minister, is facing the possibility of an inquiry ...
- Pope Benedict travels to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... .- Having returned from his visit to Australia for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI has ... rest, he will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki on Friday and travel to ...
- Press brawl with Singapore police at ASEAN meeting 24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
... and police started when North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun showed up to attend an ... China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia, India, Australia and New Zealand are among those attending the talks on ...
- Child art needs taste test: minister 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... and access to funding. The Community Services Minister, Kevin Greene, argued strongly yesterday at a ... by Bill Henson a month earlier. The Australian Christian Lobby welcomed the Government's actions to ...
- Half-price rail fares 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... be virtually impossible to police." But the Minister for Transport, John Watkins, said yesterday the ... to cater for the peak." This year's Australian Social Trends report by the Australian Bureau ...
- Lobby to stop death row 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... lobbying Indonesia on behalf of the three Australian drug smugglers sentenced to death in Bali. ... a number of Indonesian politicians, including Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, The Australian reports. Mr Ruddock ...
- Ruddock lobbies to save death row trio 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... lobbying Indonesia on behalf of the three Australian drug smugglers sentenced to death in Bali. ... a number of Indonesian politicians, including Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, The Australian reports. Mr Ruddock ...
- Commerce Commission to investigate Hanover Finance 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... to 8.0 percent. By Reserve Bank of New Zealand of Australia and New Zealand will finalise the text ... formal bilateral talks, which were held at Parliament in Wellington today. Australian and ...
- GIO chief denies asking Chen for post 24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT
... Shui-bian to allow her to return from Australia to take a new post in Taiwan ... late 2005 in her capacity as Taiwan's deputy representative to Australia, Shih told Chen that ... officials with the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs present at that meeting, ...
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