Kevin Rudd has blasted the Coalition as a chaotic shambles with at least three different positions on whether mining companies pay enough tax under current arrangements.
Western powers said that Iran's continued stockpiling of enriched uranium devalued its deal to give up some of its potential nuclear bomb material, signalling Tehran would not evade more sanctions this way.
President Michel Sleiman and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah stressed their commitment to strengthening Lebanese-Kuwaiti bilateral ties, particularly on the economic and commercial levels.