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CANBERRA - The Australian dollar has reportedly reached parity with the US dollar for the first time since it was floated in December 1983.
CANBERRA, Australia - Tensions emerged Wednesday between Australia's deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent lawmaker over plans to make mining companies pay more taxes, underscoring the fragility of the country's new minority government.
CANBERRA, Australia - The first full day of Australia's new minority government revealed tensions Wednesday between the deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make mining companies pay more tax.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead Australia's first minority government in 67 years after two independent lawmakers threw their support behind her center-left Labor Party on Tuesday, ending two weeks of uncertainty left by national elections that ended on a knife-edge.
CANBERRA, Australia - Independent lawmaker Tony Windsor says he supports Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party to form an Australian minority government.
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