Tag Archives: Julia Gillard

Gillard’s minders ‘deluded by Twitter’

By Tracker, June 18, 2013

NATIONAL: Julia Gillard’s minders are living in a “bubble world of Twitter delusion”, according to a public relations expert.

Gillard unmoved by NZ gay marriage vote

By Tracker, April 18, 2013

NATIONAL: Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she won’t be moved from her stance against gay marriage despite New Zealand passing legislation allowing same sex couples to tie the knot.

Posted in Breaking News, News | Also tagged Same Sex Marriage | Leave a comment

Indigenous health not on agenda, despite funding renewal

By Tracker, April 18, 2013

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

NATIONAL: Indigenous health will not be on the agenda at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting tomorrow but the Gillard government claims it will put in $777 million in renewed funding to close the gap.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged COAG, Indigenous Health | Leave a comment

The man who stands to be minister

By Tracker, April 3, 2013

Opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson Nigel Scullion (FILE PHOTO)

NATIONAL: Meet the man who stands to become the next Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.

Posted in Features | Also tagged Indigenous Health, Indigenous housing, Jenny Macklin, Mal Brough, Nigel Scullion, NSW, NSW Aboriginal Land Council, NSW Land Rights Act 1983, Tony Abbott | 1 Comment

BACKTRACKER: PM sends a shiver down the backbone

By Brian Johnstone, February 28, 2013

NATIONAL: The National Platform of the Australian Labor Party was last updated at the party’s National Conference in December 2011.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged ALP, Nova Peris, NT ALP, Trish Crossin | Leave a comment

Lower house passes recognition bill

By Tracker, February 13, 2013

A double exposure image of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition leader Tony Abbott. (AAP IMAGE)

NATIONAL: Parliament has taken the next steps towards constitutional reform, passing the Act of Recognition on the fifth anniversary of the national apology to the Stolen Generations.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged Act of Recognition, Constitutional Reform, Tony Abbott | 1 Comment

Lower house passes recognition bill on Sorry Day

By Tracker, February 13, 2013

NATIONAL: Aboriginal leader Mick Gooda hopes an Act of Recognition will pass parliament on the fifth anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged Act of Recognition, Constitutional Reform, Kevin Rudd, Mick Gooda, Stolen Generations | Leave a comment

Howard thinks Rudd could try again

By Tracker, February 11, 2013

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

NATIONAL: Former prime minister John Howard says Kevin Rudd – the man who beat him in 2007 – could make a move for the Labor Party leadership before the federal election.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged John Howard, Kevin Rudd | Leave a comment

Alcohol bans discriminatory: Newman

By Tracker, February 6, 2013

QUEENSLAND: Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says alcohol bans in Indigenous communities are “discriminatory” and he’ll press on with a review despite a warning from Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Posted in News | Also tagged Alcohol Management Plans, Campbell Newman, Closing the Gap, Glen Elmes | Leave a comment

Gillard’s new ministers to be sworn in

By Tracker, February 4, 2013

NATIONAL: Prime Minister Julia Gillard is wasting no time getting her new ministers straight into the job with the official swearing-in by the governor-general to be held in Canberra on Monday.

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