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INTERVIEW | The Australian government is, for Julian Assange, a place of corruption, of compromised interests, political infighting and parties who have lost their purpose and direction. Ahead of next week’s federal election in which he is running for a seat in the Senate, he tells Australian Times why he’s...

Boris Johnson has sparked a vigorous debate in advocating a Free Labour Mobility Zone allowing Australians the right to work freely in the UK. He was inspired by the story of SALLY ROYCROFT, an Australian teacher who was required to return home following the expiration of her visa. In an...

ELECTION 13 | Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has announced plans to abolish tertiary education fees if elected to government in next month's federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has announced $31.6 billion of promised budget cuts, but he remains elusive on the timing of a promised budget surplus.

Two Australian Defence Force Academy cadets have been found guilty over the ADFA Skype sex scandal.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Perth business leaders that he believes that the al-Assad regime was responsible for a devastating chemical attack in Damascus last week, although he does not foresee a role for Australian troops in the conflict.

ELECTION 13 | Voting for the people that represent you in parliament is a big responsibility, even when you are living away from home. Australian Times went down to Australia House in London - the biggest polling booth in this year's federal election - to see what all the fuss...

POSTCARDS FROM AUSTRALIA | 16,000kms into the trip we look down the barrel of another 11,000 of red dirt and blue highway home. We have fantasised about dumping the car on the spot and flying home. Still, we drive on.

New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell has been involved in a tense altercation with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the campaign trail today over Labor's plans to move a major naval base from Sydney to Brisbane.

OPINION | This election, make sure you cast your vote on the basis of a party’s policies, not their personalities, argues CHLOE WESTLEY.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has likened the ever worsening civil war in Syria to past atrocities, warning the world would be judged for inaction.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian victims of past terrorism attacks will receive compensation if the coalition wins the election.

Australian expats in the UK can vote at pre-polling facilities in London at Australia House. Facilities are open from Monday 26 August to Friday 6 September.

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has called for a bilateral Free Labour Mobility Zone between Australia and the UK to allow citizens of both countries to live and work freely in the other.

There is a change coming in the solar power market.

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Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the credit rating of NAB’s troubled UK subsidiary Clydesdale Bank.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With conscience issues likely to come to parliament in the coming term, Bob Katter and Clive Palmer have given their members some flexibility.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott has laid out his plan for a coalition government, should it win power on 7 September, at the official Liberal election campaign.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott’s plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to stop them being used by people smugglers shows his lack of understanding, Jakarta says.

Heineken's crazy global destinations web campaign takes flight over Poland.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has delivered the opening address at the Melbourne Writers Festival in Australia, announcing he might be planning a future writing career to rival J.K. Rowling.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called the alleged chemical attack on civilians in Damascus "repugnant" as France pledges armed intervention in the Syrian civil war.

Julian Assange says it has been hard leading the WikiLeaks Party from London, after the resignation of a star candidate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A leading economist believes the coalition needs to find $30 billion of savings, rather than the $70 billion suggested by Labor.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A Guardian Lonergan poll suggests the coalition could pick up Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Brisbane seat of Griffith.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Right back from when he danced with Kerri-Anne Kennerley on morning TV back on the campaign trail in April 2007, resurrected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has never stopped at an attempt to show he’s a ‘hip’ politician. KIEL EGGING picks out five of K-Rudd’s best attempts...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The second leaders’ forum between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott has put further spark into the policy costings debate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Four members of the WikiLeaks Party’s governing National Council have resigned, following the decision of Victorian Senate candidate Leslie Cannold to quit over a dispute over preferences.

WikiLeaks Senate candidate Dr Leslie Cannold has resigned from the party in the aftermath of an internal party dispute over the organisation's allocation of preferences.

Law firm Slater & Gordon has notched up a 67 per cent profit increase as it increases its hold in the UK.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott concedes that some of his colleagues have been “slow to adjust” to his PPL, but is confident they will get on side.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have made their YouTube music debut alongside a host of Australian politicians, starring in Canberra band Super Best Friends clip for their latest single ‘Round and Round’.

OPINION | In the aftermath of 22-year-old Australian Christopher Lane's murder in the US, PAUL BLEAKLEY explores the different relationship Australians and Americans have towards firearms, and what we need to do to make sure murders like this do not happen again.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Charlton in NSW, Kevin Baker, has quit over an inappropriate website he ran which contained offensive material, including references to domestic violence, incest and child abuse.

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David Johnson, director at foreign exchange specialists Halo Financial, examines the current weakening of the Australian Dollar.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A café full of mums and bubs provided the perfect setting for Tony Abbott to launch his paid parental scheme.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor is focused on its plans for Australia’s future rather than opinion polls.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Labor has pounced on the coalition’s delayed policy costings and spooked that $70 billion of cuts could spark a recession.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The WikiLeaks Party has accidentally preferenced two right wing parties ahead of the Greens in the NSW Senate ticket.

Police have arrested the ringleader of an organised criminal syndicate that allegedly used backpackers to sell forged jewellery throughout Queensland.

ELECTION13 | Three candidates with terminal illnesses have launched the Voluntary Euthanasia Party in Sydney today, with the aim of expanding the political movement worldwide.

WHILE most people are very satisfied with the changes and developments that have occurred in the online shopping industry in recent years, there is a great deal of excitement about what the future may hold.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the difference between men and women weekly earnings in Australia has widened over the past year to 26 per cent.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Australian Greens have launched their UK campaign this week in order to encourage Australian expats in London to vote Green in the imminent federal election. Former Greens Hobart City Councillor and campaign leader, Mat Hines, believes expats in London may be key to determining the...

Ecuador has released a statement on the first anniversary of Julian Assange being granted political asylum saying that it wants to resolve the Australian's diplomatic status.

Australian researches have found a way to improve the hydrating qualities of beer, without compromising on taste. By adding electrolytes to the amber ale, the researchers from a Queensland university may even have found a way to avoid a post-drink hangover.

Chief Currency & Payments Strategist at currency exchange specialists OzForex, Jim Vrondas, looks at recent movements of the Australian dollar, and asks whether the trend towards growth will continue.

Egyptian ambassador to Australia has defended military action against Muslim Brotherhood protesters, while Australian government has urged for restraint from all parties involved in the conflict.