Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, we usually prorogue and re-open Parliament midway through the term of a government. It gives us a chance to set the direction for the remainder of the term of office of the Government and to give

Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, has congratulated the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and her Department on the preparation of a fact sheet on the interaction of proposed new Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards (Premises Standards)

In only seven years the Shangri-La Dialogue has cemented itself as the pre-eminent defence and security dialogue in the Asia Pacific region.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Bill now be read a second time.IntroductionThis Budget is forged in the fire of the most challenging global economic conditions since the Great Depression. It is a budget that supports jobs today by investing

Today I announce a minor reshaping of the Executive - underlining the Australian Government's core priorities of nation building for recovery and strengthening Australia's national security

The new song is titled Love mail , while the video clip is produced by Petre Nastase, who was also the producer of Pe-o margine de lume video clip, the song which Nico with Vlad represented Romania in Belgrade.

The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ have not published the results. However esctoday.com sources have said that the 12 points given by the Irish jury went to Iceland. Meanwhile in the second semi final to which Ireland participated and voted in, the

The accident that occurred in a Donetsk mine on June 8 left six miners dead and seven others are still missing, Ukraine's Inter television reported on Tuesday, ForUm informs, referring to Kyiv Post. Rescue teams raised bodies of another three

Naftogaz of Ukraine has paid in full for its May natural gas supplies from Russia, the state-controlled monopoly Gazprom said Monday, easing concerns of a new payment dispute that could have affected European supplies. Earlier Putin warned that if Ukraine's

On commission of the First Vice Prime Minister Olexandr Turchynov a Governmental commission to investigate the reasons of an accident at the Skochynsky mine of Donetsk region has been set up and is operating on the site of tragedy. The

The Party of Regions expelled from its parliamentary faction Verkhovna Rada deputies Inna Bohoslovska and Taras Chornovil, reads a statement made by the party press service, Kyiv Post reported. The party's political council expelled Bohoslovska from the party, from the

President Viktor Yushchenko has said he insists that parliament consider his draft of constitutional amendments, Kyiv Post reported. "As president, I insist that my draft of amendments and supplements to the Constitution of Ukraine ... be considered by parliament and

The head of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych called to form judicial system and local authorities already today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. According to Yanukovych, decision to run for Presidential election is a very responsible action. "First of all

Deputy chairman of the PR faction Oleksandr Yefremov considers that under current political situation in the country, the President Viktor Yushchenko should resign. He told parliamentary journalists, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "I think in this situation it would be logic

EU heads of state and government are expected to yet again postpone a decision to provide poor countries with financial contributions to fight climate change when they meet in Brussels next week (18-19 June), according to diplomatic sources.

The European Parliament shifted to the right not because the centre-right won the EU elections, but rather due to the Socialists' inability to convince voters that they can tackle the economic crisis, Simon Hix, professor at the London School of

The election success of the far-right British National Party (BNP) does not signal a major shift to the right in British politics, according to former British Labour MEP Richard Corbett, who lost his seat to the BNP in last weekend's

Lack of political will" on the part of developed nations has hindered any substantial progress towards a new climate treaty in the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Bonn, according to the acting chief of

The Regions Party has ended its talks with the BYuT due to its reluctance to deprive people of their right to elect the president, party leader Viktor Yanukovych said in a TV address to the Ukrainian people on June 7.