POLITICS & POLICY

New Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd has appointed six female members to his Cabinet making the total number of female Cabinet members to eleven. This is Rudd's alleged attempt to reconcile a divided party due to the ouster of Julia Gillard as Labor party leader. Rudd made Parliament history as there are now 11 female ministers under his leadership up from 9 since his victory over the first female prime minister in Australia.

Members of the Warwick University Rowing Club have a busy schedule that comprises of studying, training for competitions and posing nude to a calendar photo shoot for a good cause. A portion of the raised money will go to the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation that fights against homophobia and bullying.

The seat of power returns to Brisbane after the newly-installed Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd once again made the Sunshine State his home. PM Rudd will also be living there with his wife, Therese.

The federal government released $6.6 million fund to help tackle the high unemployment rate for migrants in the country

Today. Australia's new minimum wage rate, from AU$606.40 a week to AU$622 a week, take effect. But it is really enough?

Reacting on an EU decision to postpone a new round of membership talks for at least four months, Merkel told the German parliament this week that Turkey's membership in the European Union is conditional on respect for human rights and political reform in Ankara.

Electoral polls show favorable results for Australian Labor Party under the new Prime Minister’s leadership

He isn't first bloke anymore, but it's unlikely he would be able to fend off gay rumours any time soon. Tim Mathieson, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's long-time partner, has laughed off rumours questioning his sexuality.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar slid further on Friday night and has opened this week's trade in the low 0.9100's as the USD gained further strength after more comments from several US Federal Reserve Bank officials.

New Australian Treasurer Chris Bowen indicated policy changes may be forthcoming for the country to avoid hitting recession. He told Parliament on Thursday that the Labor government recognises the country's economy is in transition as it moves from investment phase to production phase in the mining industry.

The Australian Labor Party's leadership challenge on Thursday night is paying off in spite of the move causing a rift in the party in power as key ministers resigned to sympathise with the defeat and step down of Julia Gillard as prime minister. Another poll showed that the move is paying off as the ALP appears headed for a victory in the national election.

A Chinese couple, right on the throes of climax and passion, fell to their tragic deaths when the window they were leaning on while having sex broke and catapulted them into the hard, concrete ground waiting below.

Well, he's "no Bill Gates" all right. Tony Abbott has practically attributed the invention of the Internet to Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull in his speech Friday.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader apartheid movement, Nelson Mandela is in critical condition.

The speed at which oceans are warming could see parts of the world become uninsurable if climate change is not checked, warned the Geneva Association, a global insurance think-tank, adding that governments need to invest more in flood defences and tighten building restrictions in risky locations to mitigate the fallout from extreme weather hazards.

Government effectiveness is measured by opinion polls and elections but these don't really reveal anything specific. Good indicators of a working government are public health and economy. However, both of these indicators are not entirely under the influence of the government. Based on the data gathered, first female and former prime minister of Australia Julia Gillard had the highest rate in passing legislation.

A newly married Filipino congressman who lost in the May election reportedly attempted to commit suicide on Thursday by shooting himself on his chest. The incident happened at the Batasang Pambansa where the lower house of the Philippine House of Representatives is headquartered.

Kevin Rudd risked further dividing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) when he made the leadership challenge to then Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday night. The reason he broke his promise not to dare Ms Gillard's leadership of the party is to improve Labor's chances of winning in the schedule Sept 14 election.

For new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, climate change is the greatest environmental, moral and economic challenge of our time. At least this was true when he defeated John Howard back in 2007 in the general election.

Teenager Zara Hartshorn has been living a life comparable to Brad Pitt’s character in the film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” because she is only 16 years old but looks 60. Zara, her sister Jolene and mum Tracey suffers the rare genetic disorder Cutis Laxa that causes skin to become inelastic and loosely hanging in folds which explains the premature ageing.

Kevin Rudd is now Prime Minister of Australia while former first woman prime minister Julia Gillard contemplates her life as a private citizen with an annual pension of $200,000.

Rumors on Nelson Mandela’s death became uncontrollable as family members appeal for privacy.

Reversing some of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard's unpopular policies may be the key for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to retain its seats in the coming election, originally schedule on Sept 14.

Nelson Mandela’s daughters finally spoke about the real condition of their father

Sharp Corp of Japan on Thursday announced it had entered into a $2.9 billion partnership with state-owned China Electronics Corp to set-up a cutting edge LCD panel factory in China that will mass-produce LCD screens for TVs, computers and tablets.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has had a rather quiet night of trading as better figures from the US on their economy and more accommodative comments from members of the US Federal Reserve calmed markets.

Leadership in Australia changed literally just overnight. Kevin Rudd has taken back his position as prime minister from Julia Gillard after she called a leadership spill and he won the ballot on Wednesday. Sure, there are losers, doubters, and naysayers, but there are also winners. And the biggest winner of all? Not Rudd, but the Internet and the "Game of Thrones" fans.

In the most devastating monsoon floods in nearly 80 years, the state of Uttarakhand, home to a Hindu shrine has been badly hit killing at least 1000 by unofficial figures.

The whaling wars between Australia and Japan continue in public hearings in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Australia will present to the court that Japan's scientific research program is only a front for commercial whaling. Japan plans to catch 1,000 whales every year and it is willing to exert its right to research.