Mr Oakeshott yesterday announced he would be willing to accept the role of Speaker in the Lower House. While the Coalition supports a move towards a more Independent speakership, it has baulked at the ...

Australia’s prime minister publicly apologized for comparing the country’s opposition leader to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. On Thursday, Tony Abbott said in a parliament meeting that ...

Labor used parliamentary Question Time to attack the Coalition over the leadership tensions plaguing Mr Abbott. The Opposition Leader interrupted Question Time at around 3pm this afternoon and ...

In the densely packed annals of hostile encounters between Australian political figures and the journalists who report on them, it is hard to find a more mesmerising one than "The Stare-Off". The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott pledged ''in blood'' yesterday to repeal the Labor Government's historic carbon tax legislation ...

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says his first duty is to be in the Australian parliament, not meeting world leaders in New York to discuss climate change.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - It took mining magnate Clive Palmer only three days to show Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott just how uncomfortable life can be in a parliament in which he holds the balance of ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Tony Abbott was a Prime Minister for the Liberal Party in Australia with 13 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2005 News Conference as a Minister ...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Canberra shouldn’t have to apologize for spying on its neighbor. His candid admission in front of Parliament on Tuesday comes after reports surfaced this ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is headed for its first hung parliament since World War II after the country's main political parties failed to secure a clear majority in a national election on ...