Tag: Asia

Ahead of Chris Lilley’s new show Ja’mie: Private School Girl screening in Australia in October, we’ve put together a list of quotes from one of TVs hottest characters Ja'mie King.

Foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, has confirmed that Australia’s ambassador has been allowed to speak with Professor Sean Turnell.

From the onset you are infused in technology, of scanners and screen, automated gates, tickets and buttons. You are in Tokyo, Japan.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: By promising ‘fire and fury’, Donald Trump actually plays into North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s hands.

Chinese drama is fun, and no harder than following Italian opera or Shakespearean dialogue. So says intrepid traveller JOHN BURKE.

Singapore, that little red dot off the end of the Malay Peninsula, often confounds Western visitors.

Australian Government approves a new black coal mine but farmers argue it could be taking food from Australians' mouths.

Swapping London and New York for higher incomes in Shanghai and Singapore is paying off for the many Aussies spread across the region. Indeed, more Australian expats earn top dollars abroad than other expat nationalities.

Like the experimental frog in hot water, Australia seems to keep sitting still while the water is literally warming up. While 125 world leaders are meeting in New York to engage in the climate change debate, Australia's leader will be absent.

??Tour guides and map books are being replaced with technology as tourists explore Australia using their mobile devices and free WiFi.

British minister Hugo Swire identifies five key aspects of a strong British and Australian partnership which would be beneficial to both countries.

Tourists in Australia spent more than AU$30 billion in the past year. Brits led the pack of international bookings and spenders, hot on the heels of the Royal tour.

Over a quarter of the Australian population are foreign born migrants, according to the last Census, and where they settle in the country may well depend on where they came from.

Strengthening UK and US economies deliver boost to Aussie tourism.

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

Islamic militant who allegedly employed Facebook to recruit support for Syrian and Iraqi conflict has been taken in to custody in the Philippines and will be deported to Australia.

A video showing shocking racial slurs filmed on a Sydney train this month and uploaded to YouTube has had over 395,000 views prompting more than 1,300 comments. Unfortunately it is not an isolated incident in Australia.

The RBA is closely watching the debate raging over the budget with its monthly board meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

The Abbott government has dismissed reports that the four pillars banking policy is at risk as Labor says any change would be irresponsible.

A poll conducted by the Lowy Institute claims that Australia and the UK are no longer best mates. While Brits are still on our Christmas card lists we are actually chumming up with the Yanks.

Defence and trade have dominated the first leader-level meeting between Tony Abbott and Barack Obama.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's meeting with US President Barack Obama will also include Vice-President Joe Biden.

1,560 beers from all over the world were sampled and judged by 40 international beer experts for the Australian International Beer Awards and Aussies won almost half of the overall awards.

Friends of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) pleads for support after suffering a massive budget blow.

UN special advisor, and one of the architects behind a UN initiative to end world poverty, Jeffrey Sachs, has sharply criticized the Abbott government’s stance on foreign aid following the federal budget.

With cruising more popular than ever among Australians, P&O states their confidence in the vibrant Australian cruise market by adding two new ships to their fleet.

DFAT is keeping a close watch on developments in Thailand, and has urged travellers to avoid rallies and protests.

Twitter wants to boost use by Australian celebrities, politicians and journalists.

Tony Abbott has confirmed plans to visit Europe and the US in June and expects to meet Barack Obama.

The Block host Scott Cam has prevented Asher Keddie from making a clean sweep of the Logie Awards by taking out the Gold Logie.

Searchers for MH370 could be on the brink of their biggest breakthrough yet, thanks to a ground-breaking approach to calculating the plane's likely route.

We know the Chinese economy, due to its demand for our resources, is important to the Australian economy but does it have more influence over the Aussie dollar than our own economic data?

BBC radio presenter suggests Australia is ‘effectively operating a sort of Guantanamo Bay ... only in some ways even worse’

Defence Minister says Canberra would welcome armed forces from the UK utilising Australian facilities much like the US is doing in Darwin.

Australian missionary John Short has been released after apologising for violating North Korean law by allegedly distributing religious material.

Officials in Bali say a Seven Network programme on Schapelle Corby will be aired "at her own risk."

Qantas and Australian Business, supported by the Australian High Commission and the Australian Times, are pleased to announce the finalists for the Qantas Australian Woman of the Year in the UK Award 2014.

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

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

Characterised as the process of enhancing the atmosphere of the interiors by developing a particular design, interior design is accomplished through the treatment of spatial volume.

REVIEW | Eat, Pray, Laugh! Barry Humphries Farwell Tour at the London Palladium is probably the furthest thing from a stage version of the best-selling novel Eat, Pray, Love.

Qantas says it's committed to doing most of it's maintenance in Australia, despite closing its Avalon facility and send the work offshore.

Adelaide, has been named as ‘a top 10 city to visit in 2014’ by Lonely Planet.

UK audiences have a lot to look forward to, after the first episode of Chris Lilley's new show Ja'mie: Private School Girl screens in Australia.

With new burger joints opening up on every London corner, SLABS - Steak, Lobster and Burgers - a family run restaurant in Marylebone stands out from the crowd, offering both burgers and other classic dishes, all made with seasonal ingredients.

Australian victims of the terror attacks in New York, London, and Bali are finally set to be compensated.

Ancient history and artistic expression combine in Origins 2013, a cultural festival of artists and performers with deep roots, coming together to share ideas about the past, present and future.

INTERVIEW |There’s been a lot of travel on the schedule of late for one of Australia’s biggest new indie pop-rock acts. Australian Times catches up with Brisbane’s Sheppard as they head off to New York and London where last year they discovered an audience for their infections party sound track ...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott seems to have toned down his tough talk on the asylum-seeker issue after meeting the Indonesian president.

TRAVEL WRITER ENTRY | From walking in footsteps of Emperors past, to sampling the local milkshake DIVYA PATWARI gives a step-by-step guide to Delhi, old and new.