Three Australian government ministers quit March 22, 2013 - 10:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three Australian government ministers have quit their portfolios in the continuing fallout from a bungled leadership showdown that reinforces perceptions of a crisis in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's administration six months before national elections, The Associated Press reported. Cabinet ministers Chris Bowen and Martin Ferguson as well as Kim Carr, who was a minister outside Cabinet, resigned Friday over their support for Gillard's rival, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Gillard on Thursday, March 21 called a leadership ballot of ruling Labor Party lawmakers after weeks of leadership speculation. Rudd decided against running, although his supporters say the result of a ballot would have been close. Senior minister Simon Crean, who demanded the ballot, was sacked by Gillard and junior minister Richard Marles, a Rudd backer, resigned on Thursday. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news Oscar Isaac's performance in "Inside Llewyn Davis" sparks warn reception at Cannes  In a melancholic comedy set New York City in the ‘60s, Davis stars Isaac as a struggling folk singer.Backup Media, Memento to finance “Cold In July” cult novel adaptation Director Jim Mickle's previous film "We Are What We Are" premiered in Sundance in the Midnight Section.Oscar winning scribe to adapt "Ali and Nino" bestselling romance The epic novel follows the love story between the male descendant of a royal Muslim family and a beautiful, Christian, Georgian princess.Cannes: Buyers targeting “The Gunman” Sean Penn-starrer Studiocanal’s film sees Penn as an ex-government contract killer whose past comes back to haunt him. |
