South America occupies the southern portion of the American landmass. The continent is generally delimited on the northwest by the Darién watershed along the Colombia–Panama border, although some ma ...
The idea that a part of the Americas has a cultural or racial affinity with all Romance cultures can be traced back to the 1830s, in particular in the writing of the French Saint-Simonian Michel Cheva ...
The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement was concluded in 2014.The agreement Australia's negotiations for an agreement with Japan began under the Howard Government in 2007. In April 2014, Au ...
The Australia Korea Free Trade Agreement was concluded in 2014. Australia and South Korea have a strong and complementary trading relationship.The agreement Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb and K ...
Christopher Pyne was appointed as Minister for Education. Pyne, who has served as an MP since the age of 25, was also chosen by Abbott to be Leader of the Government in the House of Representatives. H ...
The Liberal-Nationals, led by Abbott, won the 2013 Australian federal election, returning their Coalition to power after six years in opposition. Abbott, a Rhodes Scholar, and former trainee Catholic ...
Kevin Rudd, born rural Queensland in 1957, a former diplomat and senior advisor to Queensland Premier Wayne Goss, entered Federal Parliament in 1998 as Member for Griffith and was appointed Shadow For ...
The terms of Members of the House of Representatives who did not renominate ended at the dissolution of the parliament (5 August 2013).The terms of Senators who did not renominate will end on 30 June ...
House of Representatives Main article: House of Representatives results for the Australian federal election, 2013See also: Pre-election pendulum for the Australian federal election, 2013 and Post-elec ...
All 115 Labor Members of the House of Representatives and Senators were eligible to vote in the ballot. A total of 58 votes was required to secure a majority win the leadership ballot.Whilst announcin ...
In the United Kingdom, before World War I, a largely stable two-party system existed for generations; traditionally, only the Tories and Whigs, or from the mid-19th century the Conservative and Libera ...
Main article: Great RecessionGlobal effects A number of commentators have suggested that if the liquidity crisis continues, there could be an extended recession or worse. The continuing development of ...
The term financial innovation refers to the ongoing development of financial products designed to achieve particular client objectives, such as offsetting a particular risk exposure (such as the defau ...
The immediate cause or trigger of the crisis was the bursting of the United States housing bubble which peaked in approximately 2005–2006. Already-rising default rates on "subprime" and adjustable-ra ...
Most countries are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of the Convention is to prevent dangerous human interference of the climate sys ...
