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  Australian opposition elects new leader post general election

  World | May 27, 2019 13:35 IST

  "I intend to do my best to work with the Australian people to ensure that we elect a Labor government next time." said Anthony Albanese

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  Voting begins in Australia general election

  World | May 18, 2019 11:31 IST

  The poll takes place just two days after the death of Bob Hawke, a long-serving former prime minister whose achievements have been hailed across the political spectrum.

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  Australia PM vows 'candid debate' on same-sex marriage

  World | May 27, 2015 14:53 IST

  Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday vowed for a "full, frank and candid" debate about legalising same-sex marriage in the country.Momentum for the proposed changes is growing in Australia after the predominately Catholic

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  Australia offers jail fees for death row duo in Indonesia

  World | March 12, 2015 9:12 IST

  Sydney: Australia refuses to give up hope that two of its nationals sentenced to death in Indonesia will be spared and has offered to pay the costs of the convicts' life sentences in jail, if