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  • Tony Abbott has claimed victory for the Coalition in the 2013 federal election

    AUSTRALIA, 2013/09/09 Mr Abbott appeared before a jubilant crowd of supporters in Sydney. I can inform you that the government of Australia has changed,\'\' he said, before he was drowned out by the crowd. Mr Abbott repeated his election pledges, saying the carbon tax would go, the boats would be stopped and the budget would be on track for a \'\'believable surplus\'\'. \'\'From today, I declare that Australia is under new management and that Australia is once additional open for business.\'\' Mr Abbott acknowledged that Mr Rudd had conceded defeat inclunding his \'\'service\'\'.

  • Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

    AUSTRALIA, 2013/06/30 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd put Australia's economy at the heart of a campaign to avert a landslide election defeat for his ruling Labor Party, seeking to exploit growing voter anxiety about a fading mining boom that threatens extensive job losses.         The newly installed prime minister is hoping to remind voters of his role in steering the country through the world financial crisis without any sharp downturn. But the approach risks damaging fragile consumer and business confidence, as Australia's economy faces a delicate transition away from relying on the resources sector amid cooling request from China, its biggest trading partner.  

  • Queensland state government joins fight against Australia's resource tax 2012-07-13

    AUSTRALIA, 2012/07/13 Fortescue Metals Group has gained an ally in its fight against the Australian federal government's minerals resource rent tax, with the Queensland national government on Monday joining the iron ore miner's High Court challenge against the tax. Queensland's attorney general Jarrod Bleijie said the national government was intervening in the implementation of the MRRT, which came into effect on July 1, to protect investment in the coal-rich national. "We are of the biggest resource states in Australia along with Western Australia so it's significant we protect that and do everything we can to protect that as much as we can," he told ABC TV.

  • Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard 2011-07-18

    AUSTRALIA, 2011/07/18 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Sunday she was confident the resources-led economy would remain strong, pointing to solid Asian increase despite uncertainty from the US and Europe.
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