Kim Carr
Gillard prepares ministerial reshuffle
Judith Ireland Prime Minister Julia Gillard is working on major changes to her ministerial line up but won't confirm if more firings are imminent.
Shock resignations to prompt reshuffle
The retirement of Government ministers Chris Evans and Nicola Roxon will mean a cabinet reshuffle in delicate times.
Fear that gaming apps will groom young gamblers
Richard Willingham A virtual poker-machine game that children and teenagers can easily access was the highest-grossing phone and tablet app in Australia, prompting outrage from gambling critics and the established...
Single parent pension warning an 'error'
Daniel Hurst CENTRELINK will contact tens of thousands of single parents who were incorrectly told to destroy their concession cards after moving to Newstart payments.
Welfare fraud becomes harder
Stephanie Peatling Sophisticated data-mining techniques combined with old-fashioned private detectives and dobbing in wrongdoers are resulting in fewer people being prosecuted for welfare fraud and allowing the federal...
Centrelink 'overstretched'
Christopher Knaus Staff cuts and the casualisation of Centrelink's workforce is dragging out waiting times, increasing customer complaints and causing significant public anger, a union report finds.
Pressure grows for showdown
Ross Peake Julia Gillard is now under strong pressure from senior ministers to stage a showdown with Kevin Rudd in a bid to demonstrate decisiveness and halt the ''haemorrhaging of votes'' from the Labor Party...
Gillard backers fear seismic shift in support for PM
Jessica Wright The storm clouds in Canberra hovering over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership manifested in physical form today with the annual Prime Minister's XI cricket match set to be cancelled due to...
Car industry assistance critical to nation - PM
Jessica Wright AUSTRALIA'S car industry must receive government financial assistance for the good of the economy and the nation, the Prime Minister says.
Coalition rift deepens on industry subsidies
Lenore Taylor THE Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce has hit back at his internal Coalition critics, saying car industry subsidies are essential for the entire Australian manufacturing sector and populist economic...
Defiant Gillard: I'm here to stay
Phillip Coorey FURTHER interest rate cuts need to be a central element of Australia's defence against recession should the financial crisis in Europe worsen beyond expectations, Julia Gillard says.
Minister refuses to back Gillard
Lenore Taylor, Phillip Coorey THE fallout from Julia Gillard's ministerial reshuffle has worsened, with the Minister for Manufacturing, Kim Carr, labelling as ''absolute bullshit'' anonymous accusations that he was demoted...
Disorder in the house but PM says hold the pop psychology
Phillip Coorey THE Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has brushed off questions about her poisonous personal relationship with Kevin Rudd by stressing the important thing was that they worked together professionally.
Reshuffle exposes internal dissent
Phillip Coorey THE demotion of the industry minister, Kim Carr, from cabinet has become a lightning rod for internal dissent in Labor and sparked wider debate about the status of manufacturing.
PM stakes future on new-look ministry
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD has staked her recovery on a new-look ministry which emphasises her priorities of health, jobs, aged care and disability reform.
Winners and losers in Gillard's reshuffle
Tim Lester Key supporters of Julia Gillard's rise to the prime ministership have been rewarded in her first frontbench reshuffle.
Gillard reshuffles cabinet
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says her new ministerial line-up will give Labor new energy and fire power heading into 2012.
Poll blow as Gillard reshuffles
Michelle Grattan Julia Gillard unveils a reshuffle set to push one senior minister out of cabinet and handsomely reward key backer Bill Shorten.
Reshuffle won't help PM's poor polling
Phillip Coorey SUPPORT for Labor and Julia Gillard has slid in the latest poll which comes as the Prime Minister risks fanning internal dissent with an end-of-year ministry reshuffle.
Gillard's expansive rejig to limit making of new enemies
Phillip Coorey JULIA GILLARD will expand her cabinet rather than force some people out against their will in a reshuffle designed to minimise the backlash against her leadership while reshaping the government for...
