Australia’s five prime ministers in five years may seem strange,but the country’s politicians...
The 1980s were the decade when Australia began to reveal its Shiraz from its Cabernet Sauvignon. As...
There are now two kangaroos for every human in Australia – so ecologists are proposing the country...
Residents of Ballina in New South Wales are baffled by a sudden spike in shark attacks along the...
Employment has continued to grow over the year. But a lot has changed since the figures were...
Residents of Ballina in unique South Wales are baffled by a sudden spike in shark attacks along the...
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Hizb ut-Tahrir and their conservatives who loathe them feed off each others’ hysteria. Yet there...
befriend came from the air for two teenage swimmers struggling in powerful surf,in what the local...
Deputy Labor leader says results,which note 49% of Australians want to ban Muslim immigration,...
I lived and worked in Sydney for two years,and I got to know its people and its outsider’s view of...
Defence department spend continues despite claims treatment of Rohingya bears ‘hallmarks of a...
The recent prime minister will need to keep the voters’ faith in his status as a conviction...
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Turnbull’s extended political honeymoon,Bill Shorten’s poor standing in the polls and Labor’s...
Jobs and growth,jobs and growth. Sounds profitable, except that the government is relying heavily on...
Marco Bulmer-Rizzi,whose husband David died on Adelaide honeymoon, gets call from South...
Coalition rules out troops on the ground or any changes to immigration policies to allow Syrians...
Lawyers for Calum Thwaites in 18C case seek to stop Facebook providing details of account that...
A change of leadership has calmed things down at domestic,but abroad Australia is still seen as the...
British businessman Richard Cousins,his fiancee Emma Bowden and their three children died, along...
The race discrimination commissioner says cultural diversity needs to be valued in the corridors of...
The IPA,a famous critic of the national broadcaster, is invited to have input into an editorial...
The unpleasant outpouring of anti-Muslim hatred seen in the beach riots of 2005 could easily be...
Chasing new users by altering the site’s basic features is a big mistake. Twitter’s not like...
Talkshow presenter Tucker Carlson claims Australians ‘can travel to prison for expressing...
Top CEO Richard Cousins,Emma Bowden, his sons and her young daughter died along with Australian...
Award named after campaigner is backed by UTS and Guardian Australia and worth $3000 to winner and...
Over and above whether negative gearing or capital gains tax benefit the wealthy (they effect) the...
Call from chairman of parliamentary inquiry comes after Victorian man pleads guilty to sexually...
Royal Australian and recent Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists issues statement...
Resented by her mother,Emmeline’s rebel daughter has only a glancing reference in the film...
‘approximately 40% of Chinese tourists are choosing to self-drive so signage,roads, Wi-Fi and...
While the theory that the Australian accent arose from the drunkenness of our forebears was reported...
Mock awards for unfavorable consumer practices race by Choice singled out Samsung for its lacklustre...
Researchers from CSIRO beget analysed income inequality by region in Australia for 2001 and 2011....
By contrasting the subtlety of the British expose Antiques Roadshow with its blunter US...
What role has the British crown played in the Aboriginal experience? This essay is the first in a...
Groups are against change to 18C but welcome proposal by MP Julian Leeser to amend Human Rights...
From climate change to security,experts give their first thoughts on how a Trump win could change...
secure Schools manager Roz Ward was suspended for comments approximately the flag despite...
Refugee advocates work day and night trying to prevent asylum seekers harming themselves – it is...
Hundreds gather at churches to learn how to engage in civil disobedience and protect asylum seekers...
When three young boys found a baby’s body buried on the beach,it sparked an exhaustive police...
Fewer than 50 supporters turn up at event hosted by Party of Freedom leader but counter-protest...
The ugly outpouring of anti-Muslim hatred seen in the beach riots of 2005 could easily be repeated...
It wasn’t inherently censorial to prevent Germaine Greer from speaking at Cardiff University. It...
The fresh strategy to save coal is to talk approximately the moral qualities of the little black...
Tony Abbott reveals the outgoing governor general,Quentin Bryce, and her successor, and Peter...
Prime minister warns that clash between populism and capitalism could undermine stability of free...
What are the long-term consequences for the Liberal party deposing a first term leader,and are there...
Malcolm Turnbull is preparing to lead his troops into a 10-week battle. The longer the campaign in...
You can moan about baby boomers buying their third home or snipe about entitled millennials,but this...
Australian actor tweeted her drink ‘may occupy been spiked’ and she woke up feeling like she’d...
As minister Christian Porter admitted the system was ‘not perfect’,one MP said the Stolen...
Australia’s immigration minister,Peter Dutton, defends his government’s treatment of a Somali...
Sex education is offered as a way to minimise risk,and does not present refusal as a choice...
Australian defence minister says any US request for additional help will be discussed as Donald...
Speaking in Sydney,US senator says he is ‘afraid about what the world is going to view like for...
Cricket legend Shane Warne had to establish his head into a tank full of snakes during a challenge...
Flinders University researchers reveal the extinct megafauna were adept climbers,tore meat cleanly...
Noela Rukundo had travelled from Australia to Burundi,where her partner had arranged for her to be...
The two friends from the city’s northern suburbs were playing on Glenelg beach on New Year’s Day...
Less than 50 supporters turn up at event hosted by Party of Freedom leader but counter-protest draws...
The controversial anti-terrorism degree follows the Australian federal police’s agreement to relax...
Oats possess many benefits,says ACCC, but high protein is not one of them and fine print disclaimer...
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Serco and Broadspectrum (once Transfield) are vulnerable to shareholder pressure thanks to their...
Group of 10 processors has called on the government to intervene in regulation,but Muslims Australia...
Court grants protection orders to two women allegedly stalked and threatened by Wests Tigers...
Australia’s immigration minister,Peter Dutton, defends his governments treatment of a Somali...
The US has quietly admitted a handful of Australia’s refugees since September of final year –...
The route,which will span 2,000km from Cairns to Coolangatta and west to Toowoomba, and within six...
The prime minister has to prove his mettle by pushing through a climate and energy policy –...
Queensland judge allows girl to end her unwanted pregnancy,taking into account concerns of further...
The descendants of the Bounty mutineers’ idiosyncratic self-governance – and thus their identity...
It’s time now for the Australian public to buy into the media reform debateWorking in the media is...
Outspoken Queensland MP issues call-out for unpaid writers and researchers to assist ‘root out...
Noela Rukundo had travelled from Australia to Burundi,where her partner had arranged for her to be...
Aussie Farms issued with win-down notice after using part of controversial ad in its video and...
Potential builders Germany,France and Japan said to believe dropped their prices in race to secure...
Mary Cusumano,whose husband was shot in an armed robbery in 1995, on verge of tears after lobbyists...
NAB executive Geoff Green says the bank’s crude exposure to failed construction firm Walton was...
Is Australia secular,or Christian? Or both? And which value-set is ‘offended’ by excusing Muslim...
The PM says the Muslim community should not be vilified for the actions of a small minority and said...
Tony Abbott can rise above a campaign focus and embrace reality: Australia will own to be fraction...
I admire Brigitte Bardot’s passionate animal campaigning,but Australias 2m feral (Savage; wild)...
The tense debate around Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand demonstrate the intersection between...
Report adds to pressure on Australia’s enormous clothing retailers,including Kmart, enormous W, or...
Chain says it will make changes in line with recommendations and roll out compulsory centralised...
opposite to the ad,there’s no tradition of Australians eating lamb on Australia Day for the simple...
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UK citizen Zahra Ramadani,30, was due to hover to Sydney on Thursday but was told she was no longer...
Inquiry finds cancelling a card is difficult,and many customers opt to open a recent account rather...
Government has allocated funding for the privacy and freedom-of-information watchdog until...
Orrin Hatch,a Republican senator miserable that IP protections for some medicines were not extended,...
Australia’s leading Indigenous legal body blasts ‘lacklustre response’ to report by...
China’s ambassador to Australia says the trade agreement marks a high point in ties between the...
Julie Bishop indicates policy shift to strengthen Syrian regime and bolster opposition to Islamic...
The former Australian prime minister and ex-trainee priest,having lost his earthly realm, turns to...
There’s something very unsettling about the prime minister invocation of a fictitious Nazi sense...
The actor has denied allegations from three cast members over his behaviour while working on the...
Choice says Medibank,HCF and NIB among those offering products it says are a waste of moneySome of...
Our final edition of Rewatching Classic Australian Films takes us back to where feature-length...
Five people reported killed,power and communications cut, and remote villages feared to be heavily...
The agreement applies to those who hold a special category visa and acquire been working in...
Fibres from spinifex are being used to invent condoms more reliable and as lean as a human...
Labor’s Mark Dreyfus says the attorney general’s ‘disregard’ for the position shows the...
Melbourne mountain guide Stuart Hollaway and his partner,Dale Thistlewaite, were found roped...
Nothing defined the year in Australia as strongly as the response to terrorism,and climate change...
While hip-hop is perfectly capable of conservatism,successful relationships between rappers and...
Folkes gives undertaking to court not to hold public assembly,planned by Party for Freedom to effect...
The disgraced former AFL player agent reported to have posted photograph on Facebook of toddler with...
The disgraced former AFL player agent reported to gain posted photograph on Facebook of toddler with...
Families of Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman await DNA tests on bodies found in the van,with ‘grave...
The prime minister,Malcolm Turnbull, laughs off the understanding that he could be facing a...
The 18-year-old man from Renmark was among 240 people to be arrested,reported or receive a fine over...
Company defends consume of signs intended to aid Arabic-speaking customers, but takes them down in...
Teams of energy-efficiency enthusiasts are racing homespun solar-powered vehicles over 3,000km from...
Detectives arrested the group following an investigation into $702000 cash seized from a man at a...
Peak union body the ACTU says the problems ‘lie with the text of the agreement itself’,taking a...
Coroner still has ‘doubts and questions’ about hanging of Australian Sinead McNamara in...
Despite chest-beating from law and order politicians,bikie laws fill failed. The required...
Importation of five-round version of Turkish-made Adler A110 guns is sidestepping a 12-month ban...
Anyone who takes intimate images without consent,or shares them or publishes them online, could be...
Mathieson will buy up the role of director of economic,infrastructure and state priorities in the...
Dave Hannagan,46-year-weak real estate agent from Bondi, was killed while skiing with his US...
Senior military officer and cricket commentator says if she wins she will ‘catch a campaign...
Wild Oats XI tactician Iain Murray says the forecast of strong winds in Bass Strait was ‘ringing...
Study finds a desire to protect a loved one the overwhelming motivator for family members or friends...
Human Rights Commission calls for greater understanding of sibling violence and action to reduce the...
Van belonging to Western Australian travellers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman was found burnt out in...
Marise Payne,the defence minister, says the government will discuss the request in light of the...
Operations chief David Johnston says pause because RAAF resources were not needed but admits Russian...
The former lawyer and banker is set to be sworn in as the fifth prime minister in five years after...
Facebook has played a key role in the global spread of misinformation during the pandemic. Here’s...
Nationwide marches call for halt to plans to deport 267 asylum seekers back to Nauru or Manus Island...
Asic has commenced legal proceedings against bank for ‘unconscionable conduct and market...
Oxfam calls on Australian surfwear brand to publish factories used in its supply chain and urges...
Lyle Shelton reveals the ACL has been approached by the government to discuss its role in a...
Demonstrations continue across the country – we want to hear your stories and see your pictures as...
Valizadeh apologises for cancelling meetings planned for Saturday,saying he ‘can no longer...
Pakistani-born politician says she was aggressively questioned about where she was ‘originally...
Claims by Etienne Alexiou and Patrick O’Connor include drug exercise on the dealing room floor and...
Northern Territory police in Australia released CCTV on Wednesday of a man jumping through the...
Police refuse to issue permit to hold event to mark 10 years since violent race riots and local...
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull meets EU leadership to secure timeline for negotiation of proposed...
While Michelle Payne’s victory is a remarkable story, horse racing is a cruel sport for greedy...
Reg Foggerdy,62, survived for six days in Western Australian desert by eating ants – having seen...
Noreen Peacock’s mummified body was found by a genuine estate agent in the Kellyville domestic she...
Justice Iain Ross told a hearing in Canberra he did not know the vice-president was spending the...
Malcolm Turnbull and John Key hold talks,but Australia’s PM says current Zealanders with serious...
Foreign minister,who took main role in ousting Tony Abbott, insists her account had not been taken...
Account of foreign minister,who took leading role in ousting PM Tony Abbott, insists she hadn’t...
Survey of 40000 people on their eating habits finds junk food has ‘become mainstream and...
Twenty-year-old was working as a crew member on Mexican billionaire’s luxury shipAn investigation...
Police are looking for clues to the origin of a saltwater crocodile that had to be corralled by a...
Two university students from Western Australia own been shot in New Orleans after reportedly...
A public memorial for Australian singer and performer Jon English was held on Monday night at...
Australian of the Year,who has pledged to assign gender equality at the top of the national agenda,...
The national campaign director for The Wilderness Society believes the C02 report reveals many...
Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull,at a joint press conference with New Zealand’s John Key...
Australian National Archives staff keen to discover fate of man who wrote to his mother in Normandy...
Head of the Royal Australian Mint,Ross MacDiarmid, says ‘five-cent piece is nearly dying a natural...
The government has different reasons for ditching the GST,depending on who you talk to, and the...
National holiday road toll sees 10 deaths in NSW,eight in Victoria, five in Queensland, and three in...
Former Sydney Wests Tigers player faces multimillion dollar civil claim after allegedly stalking two...
NSW police say ‘nothing of interest was found in search of Merrylands property undertaken under...
Study also found just 7% increase in participants securing part-time and casual work but two-thirds...
The country’s human rights record – including the treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous...
Australia’s leading science institution has set aside its money where its mouth is on climate...
As the mortality rate in Australia continues to decline,here we’ve visualised the leading causes...
We’ve collated all the additions to national security laws,and introduction of unique powers, in...
AWB paid $300m in trucking and after-sales fees,Victorian court hears, as former executives Trevor...
Police raided homes in a number of suburbs early on Wednesday morning in connection with Friday’s...
The campaigner,who had travelled to Australia despite his visa being cancelled, leaves after tall...
Senate hears that US marine corps research into events or actions that move against individual’s...
Another eight taken to hospital,while nearly half the people on a bus on the way to the event had...
The defence minister,Kevin Andrews, says the focus will now be on air strikes against Isis in Syria...
Labor senator says committee investigating credit card fees has been shown evidence banks are...
We’d like to hear from you if you believe a anecdote of regret after some private government...
Legal loophole allows gun dealers to significantly boost magazine capacity of the shotgunGun dealers...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels,Belgium on the nowadays...
Exclusive: Man’s final-minute plea to immigration minister Peter Dutton to consider...
A baby giraffe born at Taronga Western Plains zoo in Dubbo,original South Wales has put his long...
The limestone stacks are submerged under the ocean 6km offshore from the distinguished natural...
During the first episode of NITV program The Point,Guardians Australia Indigenous affairs editor,...
Oliver Bridgeman,from Toowoomba, says he is in the war zone ‘to help humanity and particularly the...
Receiver Ferrier Hodgson says it was unable to find a buyer for the troubled retailer,which went...
White paper raises concerns over ‘points of friction’ including military buildups,terrorism and...
Senate president Stephen Parry says ‘slight flaw’ was fixed as finance and administration...
A jogger who moved to rush in the gutter to avoid an approaching utility has died after falling and...
The species of short-nosed sea snake spotted in the Ningaloo marine park was final seen 17 years...
Department of foreign affairs says a German court has ruled that Ashley Dyball will be deported to...
Ed Sheeran,Kylie Minogue, the Preatures, and James Blunt,Jarryd James, the Veronicas and Sheppard...
Scott Morrison says some companies absorb been passing on inflated surcharges of up to 10% when...
Lyons wore the shirt featuring Madonna as a bare hitchhiker at Geelong’s inaugural Oktoberfest...
The Gold Coast’s latest bachelor,Henry, will fly out on Tuesday to join Canada’s Cochrane Polar...
Gunman who shot Curtis Cheng in a targeted attack before being killed by other officers was a...
Gibson,who rose to fame at the helm of Channel Nine’s Wide World of Sports, was popular with...