australia May 15, 2011

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reinforced her government's plans for an asylum-seeker swap deal with another country, saying new boat arrivals won't be processed in Australia. The government wants to send asylum seekers to other countries for. By S. RAMAGURU IPOH: Asian Games gold medallists Pakistan qualified for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament and they will play against world champions Australia today for the title. The Pakistanis overcame a stubborn Malaysia 3-2. China's Li Na serves the ball to Australia's Samantha Stosur during their semifinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Photo: Riccardo De Luca / AP Australia's Samantha Stosur returns the ball to China's Li Na. THERE is a 50 per cent chance Australia will have even more people that Kevin Rudd's Big Australia population of 36 million by mid-century, research shows. The federal government's population policy, unveiled by Population Minister Tony Burke on the. Hundreds line up for the chance to work in the oil and gas sector in Australia. It's projected Alberta will be short some 77000 skilled workers over the next ten years, but a new threat could drain the pool of our province's trained workers even. Despite an excellent display from centre-midfielder Steve Edwards and a spirited second-half display, the young Black Sticks team fell to a 2-4 defeat to world and Commonwealth champions Australia in their final pool match at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard rebuffed opposition leader Tony Abbott's demand for an early election to gauge public sentiment toward her government's proposed carbon tax, saying she had signaled the need to price carbon. She put the decision down to a clash with her commitments as a judge on Australia's Got Talent. Her departure from X Factor fuels more speculation about the make-up of the panel, after the decision by Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole to appear as judges on. Her return to Australia will come as a massive boost to the retailer, which is unleashing all its power to reinvigorate the brand against an onslaught from global online shopping. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Kerr today begins shooting the. Mathieson, 54, who has been married before and has three children, is yet to discuss his plan with the PM. But the \"First Bloke\" insists when the time is right he will take the lead and pop the question. \"I'd like to ask her,\" he said..