Australian Federal Election 2010

Prime Minister Julia Gillard (right) and Treasurer Wayne Swan stride to a press conference after independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor gave a Labor minority government their support. [ABC]

Julia Gillard's Australian Labor Party wins government

07/09/2010 18:51:18

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says the Labor Party is ready to govern and she hopes to be swearing in a new ministry next week.

The Opposition Leader Tony Abbott appears at a parliamentary function only hours after Julia Gillard secured enough seats to form a minority government. [AFP]

Australia's Opposition promises to hold Labor to account

07/09/2010 21:55:14

A disappointed Tony Abbott says Australia's Coalition will continue to "ferociously" hold Labor to account after he today watched his chance of becoming prime minister disappear as key independents sided with Labor to form government.

Background and Analysis

Australia gets new government

07/09/2010 21:24:11 Asia Pacific Programs

Australia's political deadlock is broken and Labor - under Julia Gillard - is back in government and preparing for work after two weeks of uncertainty.

Multi billion deal breaks Australian deadlock

07/09/2010 21:24:10 Asia Pacific Programs

The return of the Gillard government comes at a price - the support of the two independents was secured with around ten billion dollars worth of government promises for non-metropolitan regions.

Afghan debate refuelled by Australian poll

26/08/2010 11:15:25 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Three Australian deaths in Afghanistan in the past week have added fuel to a growing debate about whether the country's role in the nine year old war is worth it - and it's a key concern for Australia's newly empowered independent and Greens MPs.

Afghan debate refuelled by Australian poll

25/08/2010 20:15:11 Asia Pacific Programs

Three Australian deaths in Afghanistan in the past week have added fuel to a growing debate about whether the country's role in the nine year old war is worth it - and it's a key concern for Australia's newly empowered independent and Greens MPs.

Calls for a kinder kind of Australian politics

25/08/2010 13:05:27 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

As well as demanding reform of Australia's adversarial style of politics, three independents and a new Greens MP may be set to force some big policy changes.

Calls for a kinder kind of Australian politics

24/08/2010 20:00:09 Asia Pacific Programs

As well as demanding reform of Australia's adversarial style of politics, three independents and a new Greens MP may be set to force some big policy changes.

Australia faces long wait for government

24/08/2010 12:46:16 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

There's an air of caution in Australia as the country settles in for a long wait to see the shape of a new government.

Australia faces long wait for government

23/08/2010 20:27:33 Asia Pacific Programs

There's an air of caution in Australia as the country settles in for a long wait to see the shape of a new government.

Australia in post-election limbo

23/08/2010 11:09:50 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Australia's political future remains undecided this morning with the weekend election producing no final result and leaving the two major parties to haggle with independent MPs for support, to form government.

Australia in political limbo

23/08/2010 12:10:30 Pacific Beat Stories

Australia's political future remains undecided today with the weekend election producing no final result and leaving the two major parties to haggle with minority MPs for support to form a government.

Australia's 2010 election has delivered a hung parliament. [Reuters]

Australia in political limbo

22/08/2010 13:00:39 ABC AP APNC

Australian voters have delivered what seems to be the country's first hung parliament since 1940.

Greens say business wants carbon tax

20/08/2010 20:00:08 Asia Pacific Programs

The Australian Greens stand to make significant gains in the country's election this Saturday - if public opinion polls are accurate.

Tweets and buses on Australian campaign

19/08/2010 21:08:20 Asia Pacific Programs

Australia's prime minister Julia Gillard has delivered her final set piece campaign speech before voters go to the polls on Saturday to decide her fate.

Australian leaders debate issue of debates

19/08/2010 13:25:49 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Under intense pressure from their opponents, Australia's Liberal-National opposition parties have released costings for their election promises, claiming that if they win government, they will have a budget surplus almost twice the size of Labor's projection.

Leaders adress undecided voters

19/08/2010 13:25:47 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard fronted an audience of 200 undecided voters in Brisbane.

Leaders address undecided voters

19/08/2010 11:26:23 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard fronted an audience of 200 undecided voters in Brisbane.

Australian leaders debate issue of debates

18/08/2010 20:14:18 Asia Pacific Programs

Under intense pressure from their opponents, Australia's Liberal-National opposition parties have released costings for their election promises, claiming that if they win government, they will have a budget surplus almost twice the size of Labor's projection.

Australian election close call for some

17/08/2010 20:19:29 Asia Pacific Programs

A veteran Australian election watcher has dismissed predictions that this Saturday's vote in the country could be historically close, though the major parties are frantically shoring up marginal seats in the final days of campaigning.

Australian PM coins 'Yes, we will' mantra

16/08/2010 20:45:32 Asia Pacific Programs

It's late in the race but Australia's Labor Party has officially launched its campaign for re-election next Saturday.

Australian government and opposition foreign policy focus

13/08/2010 16:40:11 Pacific Beat Stories

A short time ago Australia's federal labor party and the opposition coalition outlined their foreign policies at the national press club in Canberra.

UN panel investigates Australia over alleged human rights abuses

12/08/2010 08:17:16 Pacific Beat Stories

Australia has appeared before a United Nations panel in Geneva, accused of human rights violations against its indigenous people and asylum seekers.

Australia accused of rights violations

11/08/2010 12:32:50 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Australia has appeared before a United Nations panel in Geneva, accused of human rights violations against its indigenous people and asylum seekers.

Key differences are appearing between Labor leader Julia Gillard and Coalition leader Tony Abbott ahead of the August 21 poll. [ABC/AAP]

Australian Election 2010

11/08/2010 17:34:47 ABC AP APNC

As polling day draws near in the 2010 Australian general election, our Canberra correspondent Linda Mottram looks at some of the major policies unveiled by the major parties during the campaign so far.

Australian government plans tough timber laws

10/08/2010 21:05:09 Asia Pacific Programs

The Australian government has announced plans to introduce tough new rules on the sourcing of timber imports into Australia.

Politicians in plain English

10/08/2010 12:39:56 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Australia's two political leaders would like the public to think that they're very different people but the way they speak and deliver their message is quite similar.

Australian treasurer candidates go head to head

09/08/2010 21:13:28 Asia Pacific Programs

On the Australian election campaign trail, the opposition's treasury spokesperson, Joe Hockey, has agreed he would have to run a deficit if he was in charge during the current global financial crisis.

Liberals propose 'grown up' government for Australia

09/08/2010 12:39:06 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Less than two weeks from a general election and Australia's Liberal Opposition smells victory and it's going out to capitalise on the governing Labor party's recent leadership change and associated disarray.

Voters oppose 'Big Australia'

09/08/2010 09:09:42 Pacific Beat Stories

Population growth is an issue on the minds of voters right across Australia with one survey finding conservative voters in regional Australia most likely to oppose a so-clled 'Big Australia'.

John Howard says Liberals can win election

06/08/2010 12:22:08 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

John Howard joined Tony Abbott on the election campaign for the first time last night, at a fundraising dinner organised by Chinese supporters of the Liberal party.

Ousted Australian PM back on campaign trail

05/08/2010 21:00:13 Asia Pacific Programs

Australian Labor Party strategists may well be greatly relieved - after an initial foray onto radio by Kevin Rudd, signalling an easing of internal party tensions, the dumped leader has now gone further.

Abbott says election victory no certainty

05/08/2010 12:03:10 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Tony Abbott rejected Kevin Rudd's assessment that he could 'cruise into office".

Labor leader Julia Gillard and Coalition leader Tony Abbott are vying for victory in the August 21 poll. [ABC/AAP]

A guide to Australia's election

05/08/2010 16:00:59 ABC AP APNC

When Australians vote on Saturday, August the 21st, they'll be choosing who'll govern the country for a new three year term and writing the latest chapter in the story of a 109 year old continuous democracy.

Australian PM embraces vision for Asia Pacific bloc

04/08/2010 12:01:02 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

There's still little to speak of on foreign policy from the Australian general election campaign, but Julia Gillard, the Labor leader seeking re-election as prime minister says she embraces the vision of ousted prime minister Kevin Rudd for an Asia Pacific Community.

Australian election campaign hungry for food security

04/08/2010 12:01:00 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Simmering concerns in Australia about food security have prompted the governing Labor Party to add a national food policy to its list of election promises.

Voters don't want a big Australia

04/08/2010 12:01:05 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Population growth is another issue on the minds of voters right across Australia.

Parties vie for Australian food policy high ground

04/08/2010 10:15:36 Pacific Beat Stories

Simmering concerns about food security have prompted the governing Australian Labor party to add a national food policy to its list of election promises.

Australian election campaign hungry for food security

03/08/2010 21:12:51 Asia Pacific Programs

Simmering concerns in Australia about food security have prompted the governing Labor Party to add a national food policy to its list of election promises.

Opposition proposes cuts in Australian climate adapt aid

03/08/2010 09:36:05 Pacific Beat Stories

Three weeks out from a general election, Australia's opposition has denied it is breaking a promise to match the Labor government on increasing overseas aid.

Division over foreign ownership of Australian farms

02/08/2010 11:50:20 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

After more than two weeks of Australia's general election campaign, there are still few indications from either of the major contenders of an overarching vision for Australia's future in a dramatically changing region and world.

Australia's Smith to attend forum as foreign ownership debated

02/08/2010 09:17:28 Pacific Beat Stories

Australia's foreign minister, Stephen Smith, will attend the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Vanuatu this week saying he will be at the meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.

Foreign-owned farms an issue in Australian election

30/07/2010 21:08:21 Asia Pacific Programs

At the end of the first two weeks of Australia's general election campaign, there are still few indications from either of the major contenders of an overarching vision for Australia's future in a dramatically changing region and world.

Opposition combines Australia's Nauru, forum problems

28/07/2010 11:09:04 Pacific Beat Stories

Australia's opposition has combined the debates over the nation's weakened representation at the Pacific Islands Forum with the Nauru detention centre issue and packed them as an election attack.

Calls for food security plan for Australia

28/07/2010 08:00:39 Pacific Beat Stories

The future of Australia's food supplies and security has made its way into the federal election campaign with fears about how much of the nation's farming and food production resources are being bought by foreign interests.

Rudd's past prevents PM moving forward

23/07/2010 13:02:31 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard is being dogged by the spectre of the man she deposed last month, Kevin Rudd.

Opposition leader courts votes on variety show

22/07/2010 19:41:28 Radio Australia - Connect Asia

It's always a politically-risky proposition appearing on a variety television show.

Labor leader Julia Gillard and Coalition leader Tony Abbott are vying for victory in the August 21 poll. [ABC/AAP]

Australia Votes 2010

17/07/2010 13:54:23 ABC AP APNC

Australia will go to the polls August 21.

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