MARK COLVIN: It's politics at its nastiest and it's spewing out for everyone to see. The federal Labor Party has splintered in two and it's vicious. In a bid to cement her authority, the Prime ...

Politics in Australia’s Labor Party is coming to resemble the Ali-Frazier bouts of the 1970s. Yesterday, former prime minister Kevin Rudd stunningly overthrew current prime minister Julia Gillard, ...

It says something not too flattering about Australian politics that respected academic Paul Strangio’s new book The Alchemy of Leadership only discusses 21st century prime ministers, but still needs ...

Julia Gillard has accused Kevin Rudd of bullying her, in a new documentary which explores the tension between the Labor rivals. The first episode of the three-part series, The Killing Season (ABC TV 8 ...

CANBERRA, June 23 (Reuters) - Australia's deputy prime minister Julia Gillard could become the country's first woman leader on Thursday if she defeats Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot.

"I asked my colleagues to make a leadership change because I believe that a good government was losing its way... and at risk at the next election... I was not going to sit idly by," Prime Minister ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister for the second time on Thursday, a day after toppling Julia Gillard and three months ahead of elections in which opinion polls ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard will appear before the Abbott government's royal ...