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A very bad day at a Melbourne hospital when 200 of their (very much alive) patients were declared deceased.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced new laws that will see the termination of welfare benefits for any Australians posing a national security threat.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott acknowledged that Australia’s border security failed by letting another jihad suspect leave the country using his brother’s passport.

Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, Australia is opening its immigration gates to persecuted Iraqi nationals fearing for their lives.

"The overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is poor, has worsened since 2009 and is expected to further deteriorate,” says latest government report.

Australian air force joins international mission to deliver food and water to people fleeing Islamic State militants in Iraq. “We in Australia try to do what we can to help,” PM tells service personnel.

While Australians are limited from immigrating to the UK by European Union restrictions, UK nurses wanting to work in Australia say that they, in turn, are stuck in new Australian bureaucratic mud.

‘Unintended’ British visa regulations that have had a limiting effect on Australians looking for employment in Britain might soon be altered.

Class action lawsuit launched on behalf of Australian consumers to fight credit card late payment fees charged by financial institutions.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and the situation in the Ukraine.

Clive Palmer has commended Joe Hockey's leadership in managing the budget but remains unsympathetic to the government's plans.

Google trends show us who are interested in Australia and what makes them most curious about the land Down Under.

Police in northern Australia suspect a crocodile may have snatched a 22-year old man who went missing a week ago.

Boy with severed head image appears on Twitter account of Khaled Sharrouf, with the caption “That’s my boy!”

Australian Immigration and Border Protection offered a group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers a lifeboat to India.

Tourists in Northern Australia left in awe as a Croc is seen attacking a bull shark.

25 of the delegates attending the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne failed to board a plane back to their home countries, claiming asylum in the country which hosted them as conference guests.

VIDEO | Transperth puts their passengers to work to save the leg of a man who slipped and got caught between the train and the platform, demonstrating why you SHOULD ‘mind the gap’.

Australian neurologist Stephen Hicks wins the top award in the UK’s Google Impact Challenge with smart glasses for the blind and visually impaired.

“If you need to dispose of anything you shouldn't have, we suggest you flush it now”: Jetstar flight attendant

Investigators trying to retrieve evidence from the MH17 crash site have been forced to stop work as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine.

Australian choreographer Wade Robson has detailed the sex acts he says Michael Jackson committed on him in court papers filed in Los Angeles.

There are reports that the supposed father of baby Gammy has a previous conviction and served time in jail.

Immigration and Border control is on high alert as authorities fear the deadly Ebola virus could spread to Australia.

"The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public," says Julian Assange as WikiLeaks publishes secret suppression order issued by Victorian court.

London lunch-timers enjoyed a game of beach volleyball on a court of golden Australian sand.

Strict new conditions for Australians collecting unemployment benefits, including making 40 job applications per month.

Australian airline Qantas will not follow suite and change their flight path to avoid Iraq as Emmirates have done.

In a case of ‘who wore it best’, four Miss Word Australia finalists took to the swimsuit segment of the competition wearing the exact same outfit.

Strengthening UK and US economies deliver boost to Aussie tourism.

While the AIDS 2014 conference kicked off in Melbourne this week, breaking news is that an Australian company developed a condom that will offer real protection against unwanted pregnancies and STD’s including the HIV virus.

Australian writer Richard Flanagan has been added to Man Booker long list for his book ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’.

With the AIDS 2014 conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia this week we look at some of the shocking truths about HIV and some glimmers of hope.

Australian senator Jacqui Lambie told a radio show she would only date a man with “heaps of cash and they’ve got to have a package between their legs,” adding that she would prefer if he didn’t speak.

UK citizens living in countries like Australia, New Zealand and the USA are adjusting well to life in their adoptive countries, according to a new study.

Duke of Cambridge describes explorer who put ‘Australia’ on the map as a man of action, strength and determination.

Australia is pushing for full international access to the rebel-controlled MH17 crash site in Ukraine while sending in specialists for the investigation.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says the bodies of the MH17 victims, including those from Australia, will be transferred to the Netherlands as soon as possible.

Tribute: As flags around the nation fly at half-mast we honour the victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine, who called Australia home.

As questions are asked about why shot down flight MH17 was allowed to fly over Ukraine's war torn region, Qantas says they altered their flight paths over the area months ago.

Scientific community reels at reports that HIV researchers and activists headed for AIDS conference in Australia were on Malaysia Airlines flight shot-down over Ukraine.

Australian prime minister says perpetrators of MH17 disaster in Ukraine must be brought to justice and orders flags to be flown at half-mast.

A survey by the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales has revealed that the number of recorded HIV cases in Australia is at an all-time high.

A great white shark that was seen thrashing about the waves near a Perth beach is believed to have met its death by choking on his large lunch.

Authorities confirm Australians on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine.

The Liberal Party’s own polling company’s survey finds that Australians are much more supportive of same-sex couples enjoying the same marital rights as heterosexual unions.

Perth has taken to erasing all visible signs commemorating disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris.

As Nauru confirms that Angelina Jolie, actress and UN delegate, has received an invitation to visit asylum seekers on the island, Australia's immigration minister Scott Morrison denies concerns over her proposed trip.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Stevens has resumed attempts to talk the Aussie dollar down.

A petition spearheaded by Paula Orbea is after the heads behind Wicked Campers who hire some of Australia’s most controversial camper vans.