Tuesday 2 March, 2021
Former prime minister Tony Abbott is a prominent opponent of the campaign for same-sex marriage in Australia.
There’s support for a change – but the process begins with a non-binding postal vote.
The just-replaced prime minister has dropped quite a few clangers over the years.
Tony Abbott lost the top job after he was ousted by his own party.
Julie Bishop was arguing for more air strikes.
It all depends on the next parliament.
Ireland’s referendum has been a feature of the Australian debate.
The country’s prime minister won’t say.
Gay marriage was explicitly outlawed in Australia in 2004.
Police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested.
Australia has withdrawn its ambassador, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott says relations between the two nations have entered a ‘dark hour’.
Not everyone is happy about Tony Abbott’s comments.
The Taoiseach was responding to Tony Abbott’s poorly received comments about Ireland.
He said it was better than any other onions he tasted for a long time…
“Indeed, it’s been said of us that the English made the laws, the Scots made the money, and the Irish made the songs.”
It comes after the United Nations declared the country’s policies inhumane.
The controversial PM has been fighting for his job.
Some Liberal Party MPs have said they don’t want a leadership vote as it could turn into “a horror movie”.
The internationally acclaimed Australian author died in hospital.
Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson were laid to rest today.
The children ranged in age from 18 months to 15 years.
The Australian Prime Minster has promised an urgent inquiry into why Man Haron Monis was not under surveillance.
An inquiry will also take place into action by police prior to the siege.
From TheJournal.ie
The Australian-born media magnate has been criticised by some for being insensitive.
It’s going to be carnage.
The country’s cabinet today approve the deployment of special forces and military air strikes.
400 air personnel and about 200 military personnel followed a formal request from Washington for Australia to contribute to the international coalition.
The Australian Prime Minister said that the level equals to the terror threat level in the United Kingdom.
Yesterday, Australia’s Prime Minister says there is still “a reasonable chance” of finding the plane.
Armed rebel fighters have remained at the scene to keep an eye on the gathered journalists.
Tony Abbott was filmed winking at an interviewer, as a caller to a phone-in show told him she had taken up work with a sex line to make ends meet.
Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the search is at a “very critical juncture”.
Abbott immediately ordered that the country’s carbon tax be scrapped, and asylum-seeker boats be halted.
“Ireland is open for business,” the Taoiseach has declared on many, many occasions.
The Conservative challenger Tony Abbott has ousted Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd as millions of Australians voted overnight.
Thousands of young Irish men and women in Australia on working visas are becoming caught up in an ugly xenophobic campaign about keeping jobs for locals, writes NSW Senator Ursula Stephens.
Tony Abbott wants Australia to pay “wardens” in Indonesian villages as well as bounty payments to curb immigration into Australia.
Howard Sattler’s questioning of Julia Gillard has caused controversy.
Tony Abbott apologised over remarks about the government being inexperienced when it comes to having babies, a veiled dig at childless prime minister Julia Gillard.
