Previously in Australia, former Prime Minister John Howard was dogged by controversy over his refusal to apologise for the Aboriginal community’s “Stolen Generation”.

Donna Summer believed the 9/11 terrorism acts contributed to her lung cancer.

A former GAA President has committed a royal faux-pas during the visit to Croke Park today.

THE destination of the Cork IFC title was decided in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday by the 53rd minute penalty scored on the rebound by David Goold and the one missed five minutes later by the unfortunate Andrew O’Brien for Kildorrery.

Australia should drop its ties to the British monarchy when the Queen's reign ends, prime minister Julia Gillard said today.

TOM MONAGHAN secured Kildorrery’s place in the last four of the Cork IFC with a spectacular point in stoppage time against Canovee at Donoughmore on Sunday night.

TOM MONAGHAN secured Kildorrery’s place in the last four of the Cork IFC with a spectacular point in stoppage time against Canovee at Donoughmore last night.

Former Australian prime minister John Howard has returned home after two days in the hospital for a severe allergic reaction, it was confirmed today.

AUSTRALIA’s government will follow its historic apology to Aborigines last year for past injustices with a similar apology to childimmigrants and Australian-born children who suffered in state care during the past century, a cabinet minister said.

KEVIN JER O’SULLIVAN was the star of the show as Adrigole powered through to the semi-final of the Evening Echo IFC after a 10-point win over Kildorrery.

A BRITISH teenager who survived 12 nights in the Australian bush yesterday described himself as a “total idiot” and denied faking his ordeal.

Kildorrery got their Evening Echo Cork IFC ambitions back on track with a convincing second round replay win at Mourneabbey yesterday.

Australia adopted the United Nations’ declaration of indigenous rights today, reversing its earlier opposition in what the government said was an effort to “reset” relations between whites and Aborigines.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair will receive America’s highest civilian award – the Presidential Medal of Freedom – from George Bush next week.

A senior campaign worker for Canada’s governing Conservative Party has resigned after admitting writing a pro-Iraq war speech for prime minister Stephen Harper that plagiarised another world leader’s address.

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Prime minister Kevin Rudd, who is meeting the Queen today, has renewed his commitment to making Australia a republic – but said he was in no hurry to make it happen.

Australia’s long-awaited apology to Aborigines for policies that devastated them for decades has been met with demands for compensation to victims.

Australia’s Parliament would apologise to Aborigines for “profound grief” and “the indignity and degradation” caused by the policies of past governments, under a motion proposed today by the prime minister.

Australia’s second-longest serving prime minister John Howard officially lost his Sydney seat today following his government’s defeat at elections last month.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his team were formally sworn in as Australia’s new government today, nine days after sweeping to power in elections that ended more than 11 years of conservative rule.

The Labour Party candidate who ousted former Australian Prime Minister John Howard from his Sydney constituency after 33 years formally declared victory today.

Indeed, should Cowen be worried? After all, Bertie anointed Albert Reynolds for the presidency in 1997.

Australians entered a new political era today after electing their first new prime minister in more than a decade, and handing four-term leader John Howard a humiliating loss.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has congratulated Kevin Rudd on his victory in the Australian General Election.

Australia’s outgoing Prime Minister John Howard said it is “very likely” he will lose his seat in Parliament, minutes after he conceded defeat in the national election.

Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd appeared set for a sweeping victory in Australia’s elections today, ending a conservative era and ushering in major changes to policies on global warming and the Iraq war.

Four-term Australian Prime Minister John Howard will square off against his most popular challenger ever at elections tomorrow.

Deputy Martin Mansergh’s Dáil question asking how many people are earning more than €300,000 may have been primarily a public relations stunt to justify the recent increases in ministerial salaries, but it was gratuitously insulting to the Irish people.

The front runner in this weekend’s Australian general election put climate charge firmly at the top of his agenda today.

HAVING been reduced to tears by the Taoiseach’s famous interview with Brian Dobson on RTÉ news last year, I pity Bertie Ahern having to exist on a mere €310,000 annual salary (plus expenses, driver, jet, make-up, etc) which he has been forced to accept.

AUSTRALIAN prime minister John Howard made a last-ditch appeal to family voters yesterday as polls showed his conservative government facing near-certain election defeat on November 24 in the wake of interest rate hikes.

THE Government last night agreed to seek a bilateral deal with the US that would legalise the undocumented Irish living there.

PRIME MINISTER John Howard yesterday called general elections for November 24 that will decide who will shepherd Australia’s economic boom and whether the country will start pulling troops out of Iraq.

Australian prime minister John Howard today called a general election for November 24 that will decide the fate of his 11-year reign and whether Australia will start bringing home its troops from Iraq.

Aborigines greeted Australian Prime Minister John Howard's surprise plan to give constitutional recognition to the country's indigenous people with mixed views today, with many calling it a stunt ahead of elections.

John Howard today vowed to fight to remain Australia’s prime minister despite continuing pressure for a leadership change in the face of opinion polls pointing to a landslide defeat at looming elections.

Pacific Rim leaders today agreed that the world needs to “slow, stop and then reverse” greenhouse gas emissions, and adopted goals on reducing energy intensity and reforestation as part of the effort.

AUSTRALIA skipper Stirling Mortlock has promised the country’s fans that his team will do everything within their power to bring back the Webb Ellis Trophy for a record third time.

Australians will have another referendum about whether the nation severs its constitutional ties with Britain if the opposition Labour Party wins elections this year, the party leader said today.

RESIDENTS of Australia’s largest city are being urged to create survival bags to prepare for terrorist attacks and other emergencies under a campaign launched by the city council yesterday.

Terrified bystanders have described seeing a gunman grab a woman by the hair before shooting three people in a busy Australian street.

EVERY year it rolls around, and every year, despite the intellectual abasement, the blatant psychological abuse of ill-educated individuals, not to mention the exploitation of the psychiatrically unsound… regardless of all these factors, people tune in in their millions.