Tag: Australia

DAVID JOHNSON, founding director of FX company, Halo Financial, explains what the Sterling-Australian Dollar exchange rate means for you.

A new poll reveals almost half those questioned agree with Governor General Quentin Bryce that Australia should become a republic.

Boat race protester Trenton Oldfield has won his battle to stay in the UK, which is just as well as he says his family couldn't live in "racist" Australia.

The Australian who disrupted the 2012 boat race between Cambridge and Oxford is appealing a government decision to kick him out of the United Kingdom.

Australian leaders have echoed those around the world paying tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Prince Charles has visited the Royal Academy of Arts 'Australia' exhibition currently showing in London.

An Australian DJ linked to the death of a British nurse following a prank call has resolved her dispute with her employer and resigned.

When moving to Australia to study or work the applicant is required to provide evidence of adequate health insurance and for that policy to be maintained for the duration of the stay.

Making the decision to move abroad is one of the most challenging decisions a person will make in their lifetime. They key, like with anything in life, is to be organised and to carefully plan your move well ahead of time.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is refusing to say if asylum seekers in offshore detention will be strip searched under enhanced security measures.

"Would we be happier and better off back in the UK, or should we stay in Oz?" British expats in Australia often ask themselves. This infographic weighs up some of the issues at stake, and attempts to help UK expats in Oz answer that question.

Albert Namatjira's grandchildren have visited Buckingham Palace and say while they were treated like royalty it was a different story back in Australia.

A British tourist is on trial for allegedly forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him on Bondi Beach.

Lenie Namatjira and Kevin Namatjira - grandchildren of renowned Central Australian indigenous artist Albert Namatjira — have been invited to attend a private audience with Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace, ahead of tonight’s international premiere of the play Namatjira at London’s Southbank Centre.

Based on new population projections, it's going to feel like 'stacks on Australia' as the number of people calling Australia home is set to double to 46 million by 2075.

Australia’s most internationally famous pop star Kylie Minogue is to become a coach on the 2014 series of The Voice Australia.

British Labour leader Ed Miliband argues the Tories, guided by Australian Lynton Crosby, are planning the "dirtiest election campaign for over 20 years".

Governor-General Quentin Bryce appears to have publicly expressed support for Australia becoming a republic and same-sex marriage being legalised.

Protests have erupted in Jakarta as Prime Minister Tony Abbott responds to Indonesia's call to explain the tapping of the president's phone.

Protesters have warned Australians would be targeted unless Indonesia receives an apology over the phone tapping scandal.

Your passport is covered in stamps, you've met people from all over the world, and you now know what it feels like to be truly free. And after all of that you get on a plane and go home. Now what do you do?

A federal MP and fan of television program Doctor Who, has called for the BBC to consider filming the 2015 series in Australia.

An Australian NHS worker who has lived in Britain for nine years has been giver 28 days to leave the country, after her application to stay which she submitted in 2011 was refused, without appeal.

Young people celebrating Schoolies Week are being advised to take regular naps, to avoid risky behaviour including drug taking, drink driving or having unprotected sex.

Three Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan stood together in London on Monday to remember the war dead at a solemn Hyde Park service.

An Australian woman found in Dublin a month ago is free to leave state care after a ruling from Ireland's High Court.

Australia is experiencing record low death rates, as the average life expectancy cracks the 82-year mark for the first time.

2Day FM has lost a legal bid to prevent the media authority from finding it broke the law by broadcasting a royal prank call.

According to new statistics there are more Australians leaving Australia compared to overseas visitors arriving.

Former prime minister John Howard has savaged Ed Miliband after the British Labour leader suggested Lynton Crosby was employing dog-whistle politics.

Australian Times have four tickets (two pairs) to attend the 2013 Corporate Traveller Melbourne Cup celebrations on Tuesday 5 November at Australia House.

Don’t worry, be happy as MICHAEL MCCORMICK gives you everything you need to know to navigate, and celebrate one of the beautiful cities in the world.

In terms of ease of doing business in the world, one year Australia’s ahead, the next it’s the UK. But one thing is pretty clear, if you’re a business man or woman probably don’t go to Chad.

Gale force winds of up 130km/ph are predicted to hit England and Wales in the coming hours. Travel services are telling commuters to expect considerable disruptions.

Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr and her British actor husband Orlando Bloom have split after six years together.

The chairman of the media company behind 2Day FM’s royal prank call has brushed off the incident to shareholders saying “Sh*t happens”.

Doctors have expressed concerns over the increasing rates of Aboriginal people in remote indigenous communities contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

GUEST BLOG: The Australian government has a specific type of visa that comes with the necessary requirements and conditions for every prospective migrant to the country. Identify your options.

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British Porsche racer Sean Edwards has been killed in a horrific crash on a raceway in Queensland.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberbatch is “a geriatric snoozefest that only the US government could love”.

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

Rolf Harris is likely to face trial in late April 2014 on 13 sex offences a London court has heard.

The shooting of Angelina Jolie’s new film Unbroken in NSW is expected to inject millions of dollars into the local economy.

AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY | Offset accounts enable you to make the most of your income, reduce interest and pay off your home loan sooner. Financial adviser DANIEL SHILLITO weighs up the pros and cons.

Australian tourists were amongst the passengers rescued from a London Duck Tours vessel on the River Thames after it burst into flames.

POSTCARDS FROM AUSTRALIA | Broome gave us our first glimpse of the west coast of Australia, and I have never been more grateful to see the ocean again

ROYAL TOUR OF OZ | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have applied for Prince George’s first passport in preparation for their 2014 trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Britain’s opposition leader says the campaign tactics used by John Howard’s former strategist won’t work in the UK because “we are better than that”.

State of Origin streaker Wati Holmwood has successfully appealed his three-month prison sentence at a Sydney court.