Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defended the time it took for Australian authorities to respond to the fatal Christmas Island shipwreck.

Ill-considered, unethical, and a breach of international law. That’s the view of the Refugee Council of New Zealand on Australian Prime Minister Julia...

New Australian prime minister Julia Gillard wants to build a refugee processing centre in East Timor to process asylum seekers arriving in Australia from Afghanistan...

Australia got its first female prime minister on Thursday after the ruling party dumped Kevin Rudd and installed his deputy as leader. Julia Gillard will lead the...

THE Federal Government is under growing pressure to revamp the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, as students seize on research suggesting it could contribute to...