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The Prime Minister tells the National Press Club he has learned his lessons and his party must stick with him in tough times.

Australian journalist Peter Greste’s family are overjoyed at his release but say fight is not over until his colleagues are also free.

Full transcript of the speech delivered by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The number of Aussie expats in the UK have just about halved in recent years on account of visa restrictions, according to a report. Now British MPs are pushing for the government to ease Australian visa restrictions.

Aussie expats in the UK may have to start importing Vegemite by the bucket load now that Sainsbury’s has confirmed that they will stop selling it.

Will Queensland voters be thinking about Tony Abbot as they head to the polls in the election?

Snowden documents suggest Australian Signals Directorate was involved in the creation of super sophisticated cyber-weapons platform, Regin.

As 175 Aussie and Kiwi paramedics start work in London Ambulance Service, plans are underway to recruit 280 more from Sydney and Melbourne.

Woman's Day magazine slammed over ridiculously photoshopped image of Kate Middleton, making her almost unrecognisable.

Tesco’s Blinkbox music service has been snapped up by Guvera, giving the Aussie company a foothold in the UK.

What Australia will look like in 2090 if climate change goes unchecked, according to a new report by the CSRIO and the Bureau of Meteorology.

Hotel staff discover body of Australian man up to 24 hours after he died.

Some of the best Australia Day celebration photos posted on Twitter.

In defending the awarding of a knighthood to Prince Philip, Tony Abbott just sparks another social media frenzy... and here's the best of the #electronicgraffiti tweets.

Criticism rages, including within his own party, over prime minister’s Australia Day announcement of Prince Philip knighthood.

Prince Andrew has personally denied the allegations that he had sexual relations with Virginia Roberts at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Australian prisoners closer to firing squad after Indonesian president rejects clemency appeal.

Political optimism is in short supply these days. Media coverage is bleak. This Queensland state election has become a saga of personal attacks between political parties, and sometimes I have to ask myself if some politicians are running for parliament or fighting over crayons. The general atmosphere is that this...

Thai surrogate mother has obtained Australian citizenship for baby Gammy. Gammy has Down's syndrome and lives with surrogate mother after being abandoned by Australian parents.

Information about how to vote in London in the upcoming Queensland state election.

The woman who Australian golfer Robert Allenby claims found him after he was kidnapped has given a different account of events.

Australian startup ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, that sends an envelope filled with glitter to your enemies, sold out of glitter within 24 hours of launching. Now it's been put up for auction.

Great white sharks have been cruising along the Newcastle coastline, closing beaches wherever they go. Oh, and one of them even has a Twitter account.

An Australian nurse who had potential contact to the Ebola virus has been transferred to the UK.

A man walking around Australia in a Stormtrooper outfit to raise money for charity, has been saved from a deadly snake bite by his armour.

The husband of Australia’s now former ambassador to Spain is accused of sexually abusing an underage girl. While rejecting the allegations, he allegedly admits to blowing raspberries on her belly button.

Humpback gets tourist boat in a flap with a big bump.

Incredible video of this very angry hippo launching itself at a tourist speedboat.

Tony Abbott's pimped out new high security BMW car is virtually impenetrable.

Frisky elephant rams and smashes tourist cars in Thai national park.

An Australian worker claims that she was fired by her US employer for not working as hard as her American counterparts and for having an Aussie accent.

Australia is dramatically lagging behind the UK and much of the world when it comes to Internet speed, according to a new report.

OPINION: A fiery letter to UK Home Secretary Theresa May about Julian Assange’s continued asylum in London’s Ecuadorian embassy.

Darts competition halted as drunken fans throw chairs around Melbourne stadium.

“No-Lycra” policy imposed by restaurant in Perth.

UK Twitter users react to Fox News pundit's claims of Birmingham all-Muslim 'no-go-zones' and religious police patrolling British streets, with equally absurd humour in hilarious #foxnewsfacts frenzy.

Australia’s prime minister says “the Middle-Eastern death cult had declared war on the world”.

Cartoonists the world over, including Banksy, express their grief and outrage at the attack on freedom of speech, uniting in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo magazine.

Paris on highest terror alert for gunman who brutally shot and killed 12 journalists and police.

Clive Palmer has wasted no time in weighing in on the Queensland election, but can he be believed?

One man and his motorised Esky set off on a mission, only to be stopped by the cops.

It's the latest selfie craze in Australia: Strategically 'breaking down' in front of mobile speed cameras to block them from snapping passing vehicles. And the authorities are not happy.

Christine Milne says bushfires expose Federal Government's nonsense and inaction on climate change.

Virginia Roberts alleges she was Prince Andrew's teen "sex slave" before she fled to Australia in 2002 and started a new life. Buckingham Palace has denied the claims.

Crocodile handler who lost a thumb says he does not blame the crocodile for the mauling.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is expected on Tuesday to announce a state election for 31 January.

Allegations of backpacker exploitation being investigated by Australian government.

Dozens of homes lost in South Australia’s worst bushfires in 32 years.

Could there be mutiny against Captain Abbott aboard the good ship LNP in 2015? Is it time for Mr Turnbull to claim his bounty?

Flight 8501 possibly landed on water without breaking up, before being consumed by heavy seas.