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Awkward 12 months attracts Australian scrutiny, end of Trump and a boardroom exit
Australian PM Scott Morrison lambasted for party donation link in wildfire post
Prime minister’s tweet on wildfire measures included link to donate to Liberal party
Australian Labor party refuses to play ball with Murdoch press
News Corporation journalists speaking out about perceived bias ahead of election
Australian politician brought to tears by tabloid stories about his dead mother
News Corporation attacks on Labor leader Bill Shorten widely condemned ahead of election
Australian prime minister calls election for May 18th
Both major parties call for ‘fair go’ for voters, with ruling coalition trailing in polls
Think Commonwealth can save Brexit Britain? That’s utter delusion
Free trade with Australia, India and Canada can not make up for the hit of leaving the EU
New Australian prime minister suffers epic fail in first test
Sydney Letter: Public tired of PMs changing via party processes, rather than by voters
Australia to offer national apology for institutional child sex abuse
Government to adopt 104 of 122 recommendations posed by inquiry
The magistrate from Tralee who took a stand on Aboriginal genocide
Denny Day’s work led to conviction of 7 men - 3 Irish - for Myall Creek massacre of 1838
Irish played part in atrocities against Aboriginal people - Australian MP
First indigenous woman elected to parliament points to historical role of the Irish
Recession-busting Australia heading for the buffers
Why the ‘lucky country’s’ record-breaking period of growth might not last
Asylum seekers face lifetime Australia ban if they arrive by boat
Law includes refugees and applies to adults sent to Manus Island or Nauru since July 2013
Malcolm Turnbull wins Australia’s political ‘killing season’
The new prime minister will have to compromise on his beliefs to win over his party
New Australia leader sticks to script with focus on the economy
Malcom Turnbull to implement programme for government set out under Tony Abbott
Liberal Party in Australia takes the regicide route
Tony Abbott’s scepticism about climate change and opposition to legalising same-sex marriage left him outside mainstream of public opinion
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott ousted after vote
Malcolm Turnbull to become Australia’s fourth prime minister in two years
Australian economy enters troubled waters
Last year’s inconclusive budget stymies business as emphasis in Australia shifts from ‘mining to dining’
Who will be the new Labour leader? It really doesn’t matter, apparently
An Oxford professor says we overestimate the importance of those at the top of the political ladder
Kerry to meet opposition head and ‘Friends of Syria’ in London
Move to revive diplomatic option for resolving conflict
Derry homes residents praise loving care given by Sisters of Nazareth
Inquiry witnesses deny series of allegations of ill-treatment by nuns
G4S among three private firms to bid for JobPath contracts
Tenders involving new programme of employment activation due next Friday
Testing times for Australia’s ‘open for business’ mantra
With the mining boom coming to an end and growth slowing in China, prime minister Tony Abbott faces his biggest test
Australia-Indonesia relations worsen over spying scandal
Australian PM Tony Abbot hopes attention is turning to cricket, Christmas and the beach
Asia Briefing: Blackstone founder Schwarzman sets up €220m scholarship programme in China
Four places available to students from Ireland and Britain annually
Abbott sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister
New leader vows to clampdown on asylum seekers and repeal unpopular carbon tax
Australia ‘open for business’, says Abbott after landslide victory
New PM says scrapping unpopular carbon tax will be a key priority
Australia getting ready to position itself somewhat closer to its Asian neighbours
Opinion: Traditional alliance with US competing with geographic factors
Landslide win in Australia for conservative Abbott
Voters punish outgoing Labor government for six years of turbulent rule
Australians prepare to vote in federal elections
Labor Party facing likely defeat after tumultuous six years in power
Opposition heading for landslide win in Australian election
The economy has been the central focus of the five-week campaign
Ghost of Gillard haunts Australian politics
To those outside Australia, that nation’s first female prime minister is an iconic figure. To Australians, she seemed cold, shrill and a bit dour
Abbott favourite for Australian general election
Bookmakers are so certain Labor will lose that some have already paid out on Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott becoming prime minister
Australia troops investigated over Taliban corpse mutilation
Hands said to have been cut from dead militant and taken for identification
West poised to take military action in Syria
Britain and US on brink of intervention, stressing regime change is not the goal
Australian opposition promises tough asylum plan
Abbott vows to revive laws barring thousands of asylum seekers from settling permanently
Time running out for Rudd in bid to retain power in Australian election
Polls indicate prime minister’s Labor party will lose eight seats in general election
Australian prime minister promises gay marriage ‘in 100 days’ if re-elected
Kevin Rudd says he will introduce legislation ‘as a mark of decency’
Twitter vies with ‘Sun King’ Murdoch in Australian election
Twitter and Facebook become weapons against Murdoch’s old media
Australian prime minister fights back as Murdoch releases the hounds
This is not about one election, it is about billions of dollars and the future of broadcasting
End of the gold rush looms – but Australia’s politicians are ill-prepared
Whoever wins next month’s elections will have a tricky job managing a major economic shift
Australian election set for next month
Prime minister says voting is about who Australians can trust to run the economy
Three die as boat carrying asylum seekers sinks
157 people rescuedfrom vessel off south coast of Indonesia
Australia to send asylum seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea
Prime minister says those arriving by boat will be sent to island detention centre
Post-Gillard period proves boon to Labor as Australian polls show sudden upsurge in popularity
The party’s fortunes have changed with 50% approval and a jobs feelgood factor
Misogyny behind Gillard’s political exit is a disgrace to every Australian
Australia’s political landscape is bereft not only of ideology but also of ideas
Australian PM Rudd announces new cabinet
Polls show small bounce in support for Labor Party following change of leadership
Rudd next Australian PM as party ousts Gillard
Dramatic reversal of fortune for Gillard as Rudd returns as Labor leader
Tough politician no stranger to media vitriol
From humble beginnings, Julia Gillard went on to become Australia’s first female prime minister
Rudd ousts Australia PM Gillard in leadership vote
Ex-PM backed by Labor MPs hoping to avoid huge defeat in September election
Treatment of Julia Gillard shows extent to which sexism is tolerated in Australia
Prime minister is attacked relentlessly in contemptible, offensive terms
Gillard calls menu with crude references to her ‘grossly sexist and offensive’
Australian prime minister calls opposition Liberal Party to deselect one of its candidates
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