Sydney, Apr. 30 (ANI): Both the major political parties in Australia have rejected calls to carry out a referendum on gay marriage on Election Day.

Sydney, Apr.28 (ANI): Twitter followers of Australia's famous politicians suggest that they are high in terms of popularity, but it has emerged that these figures are targeted and inflated by 'spam bots', a test conducted on the social media analysis platforms has revealed.

Sydney, Apr. 9 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a new 'strategic partnership' between Australia and China during her visit to Beijing.

Sydney, Apr. 8 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to take the relationship with Australia 'to a new level'.

Sydney, Apr. 7 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard believes that the consequences of major power conflict in the Asia Pacific are becoming increasingly severe.

Sydney, Apr 5 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declared China to be 'pivotal to her country's political, strategic and economic interests'.

Sydney, Apr 5 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been urged to raise the issue of human rights in Tibet when she meets new Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend.

Sydney, Apr. 3 (ANI): Australia's federal opposition has joined media mogul Rupert Murdoch in labelling Julia Gillard government's language on foreign workers as 'racist'.

Canberra, March 21 (Xinhua-ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has retained the leadership of the Labor party on Thursday after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has declared he won't stand in the Labor leadership ballot in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) caucus.

Sydney, Mar. 18 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing a landslide loss, with the Labour Party losing ground to a more popular Tony Abbott among voters, a new poll has found.

Sydney, Feb. 18 (ANI): A new opinion poll showing Australia's Opposition Leader Tony Abbott ahead of Julia Gillard as preferred prime minister among Australians is a 'wake-up call' for the Labour Party, Regional Development Minister Simon Crean has said.

Sydney, Jan. 31 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new designer glasses, which caused a social media sensation after she wore them for her election announcement, have begun tweeting as @JulesGlasses.

Sydney, Jan. 30 (ANI): Labor Party MPs were left 'gobsmacked' after Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announced September 14 as the election date in the country, which triggers the longest election campaign in Australia's history.

Sydney, Jan. 29 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said her partner Tim Mathieson is a passionate advocate for men's health, but he picked a tasteless way of conveying his message.

New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): Asserting that bilateral relations between India and Australia has shown steady progress over time with consolidation of its strategic partnership through expansion and deepening of cooperation in various sectors, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said both nations will continue to build upon these and also in new areas of cooperation.

Sydney, Jan. 18 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed she beats stress by knitting.

Sydney, Jan.16 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged social media giant Twitter to sign up to new guidelines to fight cyber-bullying.

Sydney, Dec. 6 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has delivered a chilling message confirming the fear that many people around the world shared about the world coming to an end in the year 2012.

Sydney, Dec. 6 (ANI): Australian Premier Julia Gillard tried her hand at comedy by recording a skit for a radio show warning about the end of the world on December 21.

Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was among the first thirteen world leaders who received a personal telephone call from US President Barack Obama to thank them for sending congratulatory messages on his reelection.

Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): Iran, among other countries, immediately congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama for winning the 2012 White House race.

Beijing, Nov 7 (ANI): World leaders have congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama for winning the 2012 White House race.

New Delhi/Mumbai, Nov.6 (ANI): Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was on Tuesday conferred membership of the Order of Australia, by that country's Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts Simon Crean.

Sydney, Nov. 4 (ANI): Australian Education Minister Peter Garrett has said no child should be denied the chance to learn an Asian language as the importance of the region increases over the next century.

Sydney, Nov. 2 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has spoken about her best friends during a visit to the New South Wales central coast.