Tag: Australians in London

As 175 Aussie and Kiwi paramedics start work in London Ambulance Service, plans are underway to recruit 280 more from Sydney and Melbourne.

Australia Day is set to go off with a true blue bang at Belushi's bars in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona.

Information about how to vote in London in the upcoming Queensland state election.

Jetlag bar have stocked the fridge full of Aussie beer, getting set for a massive Australia Day with movies and Triple J. Plus there’s live Down Under tunes at The Purple Turtle.

New mobile application takes you on tours of London. It’s innovative, it’s convenient, and you can even profit from it by becoming a guide yourself.

One of Australia's finest liturgical choirs, from Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, will sing Evensong in London this month.

Miss Australia is one of the bookies' favourites to take out the 2014 Miss World pageant title. Who is Courtney Thorpe and can she fend off fancied challengers from India and South Africa to win the crown?

The Tait Memorial Trust’s annual winter prom is set to showcase a dazzling array of young Australian talent.

Australia House, the High Commission in London, will host a public memorial to former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam this month. You must register by this Monday to attend.

Victorians in London have this week to vote in person for the Victorian state elections at the Agent Generals office.

GIRL ABOUT LONDON | It's a big, bad, proper city after all; just try not turning into too much of a London jerk while you're at it.

MAN ABOUT LONDON | So I dived into Tinder - mobile romance for the tech generation. It’s a bit like shopping for a mail order bride, though.

London mayor gives full support to new report urging changes to Britain’s visa regime in order to harness the “energy and optimism” of Australia and other Commonwealth nations.

Coffee aficionados from Australia and New Zealand have been running a successful coffee shop in London that makes Starbucks look like McDonalds.

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.

Parents of Cameron Baird, the Australian soldier who died serving in Afghanistan and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, met with Queen, Prince Harry and other award recipients.

FROM THE HOMEFRONT I When living overseas, there’s an inflated pressure to balance the beauty myth with the burst of lifestyle change you’ve flown into and I fell for it, hard.

MAN ABOUT LONDON: Changing your dating attitude and habits can be important after a change of scenery.

Melbourne Cup 2014 in London: Don't miss out on the race that stops a nation!

Join punters at Australia House to celebrate the race that stops the nation, the Melbourne Cup, in London.

FROM THE HOMEFRONT I Top three drawbacks awaiting you at home when you return from London and your travels.

Taxpayers have been billed for Education Minister Christopher Pyne and his wife's trip to London and Rome.

The inquest into the death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who committed suicide after she was duped in an Australian prank call involving the Duchess of Cambridge, concluded with the radio station offering their sympathy and promising to set up a trust fund for the dead woman's family.

‘Unintended’ British visa regulations that have had a limiting effect on Australians looking for employment in Britain might soon be altered.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott met with British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Iraq and the situation in the Ukraine.

Honeymooning Nomad | Of course my friends and family top the list, but there's something else you don't really find in the UK that this Australian misses dearly and I can't wait wrap my laughing gear around it.

Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians will be recruited in an answer to the serious demand in London's health services.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Dry January is a great excuse to save your money and improve your health. But after 31 days without alcohol, if you feel entitled to reward yourself with a boozy weekend, maybe this approach is not working the way it should.

Australian Business UK, the not for profit membership-based organisation, bringing together professionals and companies in the United Kingdom who have Australian interests and connections, is looking to hire a new Membership Relations executive.

OUR LONDON | In this London guide an Aussie Times writer brings you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. Fulham may be an Antipodean hub but as EMMA BROWN can attest Australians still experience England at its finest and funnest through the local cafés, markets and pubs.

Here are our top Christmas market picks because either they’re just that little bit different or they're set in one of London's best spots.

PHOTO GALLERY | Check out our photos of The Church Christmas Party for 2013 at The Coronet.

The Sunday session is an Aussie tradition worth adhering to at Sunday in the Apartment, where emerging artists take centre stage. For Australia Day 2014 a special Sunday in Australia House event will take place, including a number of special guests.

Here lies the conundrum ... the cost of living in London is just as high as Australia but the wages are not. With this in mind below are some tips that will help you save some money, which do not involve getting on the next ship back to Oz.

INTERVIEW | Following a stunning sold out show at the Barbican earlier this year, Australian singer songwriter Sarah Blasko is back in London for an intimate show at Islington Assembly Hall.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week PAUL BLEAKLEY realises amongst the hustle and bustle of urban London life, there really is no place like Acton.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week EMILY BANYARD reveals there's more to Chiswick than meets the Antipodean eye.

Cultures collide in a column by wife and mother ALEX BLACKIE, who shares the ups and downs of her Anglo-Australian family life in London. This week it doesn't matter where in the world you celebrate it, just be careful what you wish for this Christmas.

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

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week COURTNEY GREATREX goes over to the other side, to see what is happening in South East London.

Cultures collide in a new column from wife and mother ALEX BLACKIE, who shares the ups and downs of her Anglo-Australian family life in London. This week she proves it’s no pain, no gain to camping in the rain.

Aussie expat figures may not be what they used to, but the Australian influence over London life is increasing through new and different ways. What does this mean for the identity of Australians in the UK? It’s time to talk.

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OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week GARETH MOHEN takes us on a journey to the centre of London, with his Top 5 on Paddington.

The weekly Australian Times newspaper. for, by and about Aussies in the UK.

Cultures collide in a new column from wife and mother ALEX BLACKIE, who shares with us the ups and downs of her Anglo-Australian family life in London. This week she finds there’s no one way, or one place to raise a child.

View the digital edition of this week’s FREE Australian Times newspaper, available every Tuesday across London.

DIFFERENT STROKES | Cultures collide in a new column from wife and mother Alex Blackie, who shares with us the ups and downs of her Anglo-Australian family life in London. This week she talks about the Shepherd's Bush Walkabout; the good, the bad and the men dressed as babies.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week Cohen Brown plays tour guide, and tells us why he loves Camden Town.

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