Tag: Australia

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Research shows young people are passionate about issues like marriage equality, but many do not understand how governments are formed and prime ministers elected.

Australia is a land of genuine opportunity, and there are chances that are begging to be taken by highly-motivated immigrants.

The Australian government is providing minimal detail of those who have so far passed the Americans’ “extreme vetting” and been approved to go, saying it is up to the US to do that.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In a nation littered with at least 200 'Big Things', there is a sizeable problem. What to do with them as they age and wear out? These are undeniably public landmarks of socio-cultural significance, and some warrant preservation.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: What has escaped almost everyone in this latest parliamentary fracas is not so much the freedom to wear the burqa in Australia but rather the freedom NOT to wear it, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The North Korean statement from a spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, reported by the state news agency KCNA, described Malcolm Turnbull’s remarks about ANZUS as “reckless”.

The changes to the citizenship tests aren’t wholesale, but they have raised the bar for an English speaking skills-set.

Labor denies collusion with NZ colleagues to destabilise government over Barnaby Joyce citizenship affair, counter-accusing foreign minister of creating a diplomatic incident with Australia's closest ally.

WATCH: Lesbian mum Senator Penny Wong blasts government's proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage as a "stunt" that will expose kids to hatred, in remarkable speech to parliament.

Leaked documents reveal details of President Donald Trump's testy phone call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over "a horrible deal, a disgusting deal" to settle refugees.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: What a funny chap, he is; although, it must be said, his mastery of the Australian vernacular leaves something to be desired.

Overseas born Australian federal politicians of all stripes are checking their paperwork after government minister forced to step-down over dual-citizenship fiasco.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Tony Abbott's relentless undermining of Malcolm Turnbull is becoming more than a political embarrassment for his own party, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Australia is the “lucky country”, so why can’t we have it all – jobs and creativity in all our cities?

THE LUCKY COUNTRY: If you have an innovative start-up idea, or have an existing business you want to bring to Oz, you could very well be in with a good chance of success.

Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: A weakening of the G20 is a weakening of Australia’s international influence. Few countries have a greater incentive to put solutions on the table.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Pauline Hanson claimed Australia was in danger of being “swamped by Asians”. At her re-election to the Senate on 2016, Hanson expanded her claim to also being “swamped by Muslims”. But is this factually correct?

Bunnings halted the planned closure of several Homebase stores a year ago, and is investing 500 million pounds to convert the entire Homebase estate to the Bunnings name and format in three years.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Researchers have observed that, as climate zones change, animals and plants migrate to keep up. But as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened, species that can’t adjust to rapidly changing conditions face extinction.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Snakes strike fear into many people who live in or visit Australia. When we have a higher risk of injury or death from burns, horses, bee stings, drownings and car accidents, why don’t we fear these hazards as we do the sight of a snake?

Film festival organisers promise all the "energy, beauty, toughness, drama, eeriness, rebellion, humour and emotional honesty" that is Australia, on the big screen at Regent Street Cinema in London.

Russia says it will treat coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates as potential targets and track them with missile systems and military aircraft, following downing of Syrian jet by US.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Tough English language tests will be used to decide Australian citizenship. Does this new policy look and feel like Australia’s old White Australia Policy?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Not only must Australia's leaders manage competing ideologies in their parties and span diverging nations, they must also respond to a volatile electorate that is decidedly “anti-politics”.

Arts, sports, beaches, culture and nature. Australia is a land of beauty and abundance. Here's six top spots for the visitor to get a big hit of Down Under.

Senator John McCain tells Australian audience allies should keep faith in the United States as it endures a "rough period" with Donald Trump as president.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Indigenous Australians are willing to negotiate. But are non-Indigenous Australians ready to enter into respectful negotiations? Or will they, once again, ignore the invitation?

WATCH: Vivid Sydney festival gets started with a mesmerising display of images on the iconic Opera House sails, set to music. Check out the full show...

VIDEO & PHOTOS: Take a look at what else is aglow and wowing admirers in Sydney for Vivid 2017...

The Australian Financial Review have released their 2017 rich list. Check out who made the top 10 and how many billions they are worth.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The weird and wonderful concept of the Anglosphere is gaining a surprising salience in public debates as Britain faces up to its post-Brexit, post-Europe future.

VIDEO: We call it the 'Lucky Country' for a reason. Some have called it "an improved version of the United States". Despite the harsh climate and killer wildlife, it has become a magnet for rich immigrants. Here's why...

Is Melbourne really Australia’s music capital? I crunched the numbers to find that the jury is still out on this claim. Indeed arch rival, Sydney (or even Adelaide) have a chance to claim this title.

VIDEO: Cops have a bit of a chat with this fella after he drove his sports car straight on to a Sydney Harbour beach to practice his swing and pump some Bob Marley.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: If Donald Trump's proposed tax cuts go ahead, Australia and other countries will have to respond by either cutting taxes as well, or totally reforming the way we tax corporate income.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The future of the Great Barrier Reef is in the hands of Australians, and it will take all of us to preserve it for our children. Lend a hand...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The changes to the skilled migrant visa system will do very little to stop unscrupulous employers from exploiting the two new visas to replace local Australian workers with foreign workers, says one academic.

Prime minister and immigration minister confirm plans to end one of the most popular and controversial visas for skilled migrants to work in Australia.

4-year-old Aussie girl may face female circumcision if mother is deported back to Ghana, says father.

South-east Queensland and northern NSW cop a lashing in the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, forcing schools and businesses to close and leaving over 50,000 homes without power.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Today Britain serves the EU official notice that it is leaving. For Australia, Brexit is the diplomatic equivalent of moving into a shared house with a divorcing couple.

Rangers capture and kill crocodile thought responsible for the death of Warren Hughes.

Australia is home to some of the strangest and most rib-tickling place names. Writer Daniel Scott set off to discover some of the best. Here's a few of his favourites.

Aussie teen Lee De Paauw jumped into croc inhabited waters to impress a foreign girl. And guess what happened...

ANALYSIS & OPINION: The extreme marine heatwave in 2016 killed two-thirds of the corals along a 700km stretch of the northern Great Barrier Reef, from Port Douglas to Papua New Guinea. It was a game-changer for the reef and for how we manage it.

ANALYSIS & OPINION: A federal parliamentary committee has recommended foreign citizens and entities be banned from making political donations.

The Western Australia state election is set to be close, with Pauline Hanson's One Nation potentially taking the balance of power in the upper house. WA overseas voters are being encouraged to have their say.

VIDEO: These outback larrikins are pretty stoked when a wayward drone drops perfectly into the back of their speeding ute.

ANALYSIS: The prime minister calls out One Nation's Pauline Hanson over her stance on vaccination and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.