Australia's PM unveils health care overhaul that gives government more control over hospitalsAustralia's prime minister proposed a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system Wednesday that would bring hospitals and primary care under government control and increase annual federal funding by 11 billion Australian dollars ($10 ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a US$45 billion funding takeover of the country's ailing health-care system on Wednesday, proposing to wrest it away from the states and cut hospital waiting lists. The new health policy is aimed at salvaging flagging support for the Rudd government ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was under fire Monday over startling comments in which he admitted that he had let down voters and needed to do better, as elections loom. In the surprising mea culpa on national television, Rudd said being in power was harder than he had expected, and ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Labor government has lost the lead it has held over the conservative opposition since coming to power in 2007, a poll published Sunday showed. The Taverner poll, published in Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper, showed Labor and the conservative coalition running equal at 50-50, once other parties ...