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While on a visit to London, ALP Leader Bill Shorten urged expat voters to send a message to the Abbott government.

Schapelle Corby will know within days whether she will be released on parole from a Bali jail.

Fire-starters should be classed as "urban terrorists", according to WA's emergency services minister

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is not the role of government to prop up private industry.

Just over 50 per cent of households are struggling to save money and many have less than $5000 to fall back on in an emergency.

The Seven Network has decided to dump the Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane editions of its troubled current affairs program Today Tonight.

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has reportedly checked out of a Sydney rehab centre after battling depression and alcohol abuse

Killing sharks in WA waters to protect beachgoers will dent tourism says billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.

Acclaimed author Thomas Keneally says the federal government's treatment of asylum seekers makes Australia look like buffoons from the colonial era.

A crowd-funded billboard in Sydney featuring Bananas in Pyjamas is pleading with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull to protect the ABC from funding cuts.

A royal commission into child sex abuse has heard how boys at a Salvation Army Training Farm in Queensland lived in constant fear.

Paris and London are on the itinerary for Bill Shorten's first trip as opposition leader.

Liberal MP Andrew Laming says he has no regrets about standing on his head and drinking a beer - and his boss isn't too concerned either.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott oversaw the oaths for 24 people becoming Australian citizens in sunny Canberra on Sunday.

London mayor Boris Johnson has been named an honorary Aussie as part of Australia Day celebrations in the UK.

Anti Australia Day graffiti has been sprayed along an 8km stretch of Sydney's Botany Bay foreshore.

Ricky Gervais has put his celebrity weight behind the campaign against WA's shark kill policy.

Human Rights Watch has slammed Australia's treatment of asylum seekers in its annual report.

Superstar Brad Pitt has landed in Sydney after taking part in the awards season in Hollywood.

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is in talks with the federal government to get more immigrants and refugees to settle in regional areas.

Sydney Airport finished 2013 strongly with December recording a record high number of passengers passing through to help it achieve its busiest ever year.

South Australia's five-day heatwave is drawing to a close with cooler temperatures forecast for the weekend.

Indonesia has warned Australia over a series of breaches of its territorial waters and demanded the government stop turning boats back.

The Australian Federal Police have helped crack a crime ring which streamed live internet videos of child sex abuse from the Philippines.

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault dating back to the 1960s.

Nowhere has been spared from the start of Victoria's record-breaking heatwave, with some residents enduring 46C.

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is expected to appear in a London court on Tuesday ahead of his April trial for multiple sexual offences.

Two British boys have been saved from a rip at a southern NSW beach, but their father drowned while attempting the rescue.

Police in Australia are investigating a series of incidents involving men with very little clothing terrorising members of the public.

After former German premier league player Thomas Hitzlsperger announced he was gay, Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglou has said he hopes Australian footballers would feel comfortable disclosing their sexuality if they wanted to.

A desperate Canberra resident has launched an online campaign to help find his 1.8 metre-long missing python.

Following an online furore where Aldi were accused of racism, the supermarket chain has apologised and removed the “Australia Est 1788” T-shirt range from stores.

A report by Britain's tourism body aimed at promoting cross-cultural understandings suggests Australians are direct and sarcastic but responsive to humour.

A game of hide and seek went wrong when emergency services were called to rescue a naked man who had become stuck in a washing machine.

For the first, and probably the last time Prime Minister Tony Abbott joined the commentary box at the Ashes test in Sydney.

As pot shops open in the US state of Colorado, the HEMP Party has sparked new calls for Australia to legalise the recreational use of marijuana.

The whole world watched as Sydney put on a spectacular New Year fireworks show to celebrate the start of 2014. But not all went to plan with two boats sinking on the Harbour.

A 29-year-old English backpacker has been knocked unconscious after being headbutted and punched in Coffs Harbour.

Australian capital cities are preparing for their New Year's Eve celebrations with a promise for bigger and better fireworks.

Australian Greenpeace campaigner Colin Russell is expected to return home in a few days after Russia granted him an exit visa.

Quitting smoking and losing weight are once again the top of the new year's resolutions list.

A british immigration judge says boat race protester Trenton Oldfield has made an "enduring positive contribution to society" in the UK.

Dawn Fraser says she is disappointed the "Stillnox Six" members did not cop two-year bans but believes the Australian swimming team is finally back on track.

It's been a big year for Aussies in London - Rolf Harris was charged, a future King was born and Julian Assange marked one year in the Ecuadorean embassy.

Authorities in Australia have launched a special operation to clamp down on illegal oyster sales this Christmas.

Discovering a potential cure for AIDS, and a cure for flat beer; the closing of iconic Australian venues in London; and a story about someone falling over, were among the most popular Australian Times articles of 2013.

Summer has made its presence known in Australia's southeast, ushering in scorching temperatures and prompting fire bans across the region.

A British tourist has been found not guilty of two charges of sexual intercourse without consent with a woman on Bondi Beach.

Convicted murderer Bradley Murdoch claims prosecutors at his trial for the murder of Peter Falconio groomed Joanna Lees to make her less unlikeable.

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd denies his plans to tour and debate global affairs mean he's angling for a tilt at the United Nations' top job.