Federal Election 2010

Labor prepared to govern: Gillard

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says Labor is prepared to deliver stable and effective government for the next three years.
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Mining stocks falter on ALP win

MINING stocks fell a little after key independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott handed the Labor Party the numbers to govern Australia.

Gillard to remain Australian PM

LABOR Party leader Julia Gillard will form a minority federal government after winning the support of key rural independents.
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More work needed: Oakeshott

INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott says there is more work for the rural independents to do before an announcement on which of the two major parties they will back.

MPs hear from Gillard and Abbott

JULIA Gillard and Tony Abbott will make their final pitches to the three independents whose decision later on Tuesday will likely decide the next government.
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Mining tax's $8 billion shortfall

THE Gillard government's proposed mining tax faces an $8 billion shortfall in revenue, according to a confidential report, The Australian newspaper says.