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Phillip Coorey Chief Political Correspondent August 11, 2009 THE Government has stepped up its threat of an early election on climate change after rejecting Malcolm Turnbull's latest move to negotiate a significantly altered emissions trading scheme...
Tags: Malcolm Turnbull, emissions trade, Nationals Senate, trade scheme, Mr Turnbull, opposition leader, leader malcolm, climate change, Coalition, party room
Spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, which forms part of the ruling coalition, called Obama "a slave" who seeks to rule the world and control Tel Aviv's affairs over US demands that Israel end settlement expansion. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef...
Tags: Israel, coalition, jewish, leader, Obama, Slave, Politics, racism
This is because the Coalition, under the threat of a double-dissolution election, has blinked and will pass Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme in some form, and soon. Malcolm Turnbull yesterday put his leadership and political judgment on the line...
Tags: Mr Turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd, opposition leader, emissions trade, Labor, Coalition
The shadow cabinet held a phone hook-up this afternoon and has agreed to vote for the legislation this year if the Government agrees to a number of amendments. All this is aimed at avoiding turning the legislation into a trigger for a double dissolution...
Tags: Nick Minchin, emissions trading, Liberal Senate, dissolution election, senator leader, double dissolution, Labor, Coalition, trading scheme, leader nick
Newspoll figures published in today's Australian newspaper shows Mr Turnbull's rating as preferred prime minister has fallen seven points to 18 per cent. Kevin Rudd's rating has risen to 65 per cent from 57 per cent. On a two-party preferred basis, the...
Tags: AM Mr Turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd, leader malcolm, Bruno, Australian National Retailers Association, Coalition, Liberal Tony Abbott, prime minister
Turnbull was likened to the former Labor leader, Mark Latham yesterday amid a bruising political attack by the Government on his role in the explosive Utegateaffair. Senior Government figures believe Mr Turnbull's botched attempt to damage the Prime...
Tags: Mr Turnbull, Wayne Swan, Malcolm Turnbull, ozcar affair, Senate, leader malcolm, service leaking, Parliament, Mark Latham, Coalition
Study shows Australians support same-sex marriages June 16, 2009 01:05pm A NEW survey has shown 60 per cent of Australians support gay marriage. The poll, conducted for the lobby group Australian Marriage Equality, found strong support for same-sex...
Tags: Newspoll, Rudd Labor, Australian Marriage Equality, gay marriage, Kevin Rudd, primary voting, Coalition, Bloomberg, prime minister, climate plan
Turnbull's Budget in reply speech was marked by empty rhetoric and offered no solutions to reduce Government debt, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said. In his budget-in-reply address tonight, the Opposition Leader attacked the spiralling levels of debt...
Tags: Malcolm Turnbull, opposition leader, early election, Mr Turnbull, reply speech, budget reply, Senate, Coalition
It really is a brave move from GOLKAR to decide not to held a coalition with Demokrat in this coming Presidential election in Indonesia. This move is really significant, since GOLKAR who obtains 14% share in the Quick Count of the Legislative Election...
Tags: Coalition, Election, Presidential, Indonesian, Democracy, allnews
Now the decisive time has come which will decide the future of India not only for the next five years but beyond that. "The General Elections", the only but powerful weapon of the common men, but the evolution of 'Coalition Theorem' has made them less...
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