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Lack of rival leaves Gillard Australian PM
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard easily survived a party leadership struggle Thursday after officials said a potential rival declined to challenge her.
Helicopters evacuated people to safety as deadly floodwaters made an island of Bundaberg in Australia's Queensland province, officials said Monday.
Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan, in an interview broadcast Friday, said "cranks" and "crazies" in the U.S. Republican Party threaten the world economy.
Australia's defense budget will be cut but some major projects including submarine procurement have been spared.
Australia is witnessing an unprecedented mining boom, the country's treasurer Wayne Swan said Wednesday, Mining Weekly reports.
Inbound air cargo from Dubai and Doha to Australia will be carefully screened following an international security incident.
Australia's Labor Party has elected Julia Gillard as its leader, ousting Prime Minister Kevin Rudd weeks before a federal election, officials said.
Australia announced a $588 million fund for renewable energy Tuesday, two weeks after the country shelved its carbon-trading legislation.
More babies and more immigrants will fuel a larger-than-expected increase in Australia's population, officials said Thursday.
The Australian government said it would impose a fee for wealthy depositors choosing to switch accounts to banks guaranteed by the government.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad