The third in line for the throne Prince Harry has launched a scathing attack on Australian gossip magazine New Idea for publishing private details of his military service in Afghanistan. The outburst came two years after New Idea broke a worldwide news embargo and published details that the Prince was fighting ...

The Liberal party has held the seat of Higgins in a by election, calling the victory at about 8.40pm on Saturday night, with Kelly O’Dwyer taking a swipe at the Labor party, saying they didn’t have the guts to stand. Joined with Ted Baillieu and about 100 party followers, Ms O’Dwyer ...

Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has threatened to quit if the Liberals did not support his assessment that a majority of the Coalition supported an emissions trading scheme deal that he reached with the Rudd Government. The Liberal leader laid down his ultimatum and closed the partyroom meeting after anti-ETS Coalition MPs, ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has not eliminated the option of using force to offload a group of 78 asylum seekers from a customs vessel to a detention centre in Indonesia. However on Wednesday he moved away to dispel fears women and children in the group would be held behind bars ...

Victorians are in a position to hand a $1 billion cash bonus to the Brumby Government as the economy outstrips expectations and the state rides a booming property market. Booming home sales, higher than excpected fees and fines and a stronger GST haul will underwrite the windfall. A newspaper investigation has found ...

Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull, who is already fighting climate change rebels will now fend off challenges while contesting two by-elections. The instability within the Liberal Party increased yesterday when former Liberal Party instability increased yesterday when former treasurer Peter Costello surprised colleagues by announcing he would quit 20 years of Parliament ...

Victorian Premier John Brumby has been prompted to cancel a planned visit to Mumbai in India over terrorism concerns. The Premier is heading to India today on a mission to restore Melbourne and Australia’s reputation as being a safe place for Indian students to study. Brumby was to have been the first ...

Kevin Rudd has been reported to have launched an expletive-full tirade directed at Labor’s factional bosses, including 3 female MPs. The blow-up occurred two weeks ago and left hardened ALP power brokers shocked. The factional leaders had met with the Prime Minister in his Parliament House office to argue government plans to ...

Former ALP leader Kim Beazley has been named as the next ambassador to the United States. The announcement was made in Canberra yesterday by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who replaced Beazley as opposition leader in 2006. He will replace Dennis Richardson who has returned to Canberra from Washington to head up the ...

Senior Liberal Frontbencher Tony Abbot was banned from Parliament for 24 hours yesterday after the Speaker of the house became annoyed by his wandering around in front of the Coalition frontbench. Abbot was standing and talking to coalition colleagues as Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard used an answer during question time ...