Tag: News in Australia

RAAF planes will commence support operations over Iraq on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State, with a final decision to join strike operations immanent.

The Australian Department of Immigration will be tightening the screws of the 457 temporary work visas as TAFE Sydney defends allegations it paid visa agents with funds due to train Australians.

An Australian judge has labelled a struggling Brit, who smuggled drugs into Australia, "stupid" - for lack of a technical term.

Police are investigating the possibility that the 18 year old Melbourne man shot dead by police after he attacked them with a knife may have had accomplices.

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

Tony Abbott criticises the negative impact that early British settlers had on Indigenous Australians.

More fatal shark attacks occur in Australia than in any other part of the world and 89% of them are on men.

Prime minister confirms new intelligence indicating a possible attack on Parliament House and Australian politicians.

The prime minister says he would like to return to Arnhem Land, after send-off to Mid-East deployment, to fulfil his promise indigenous community.

In Australia's biggest ever counter-terrorism operation, police believe they have prevented a public beheading in Sydney.

Australian Defence ministry has issued a memo warning that Aussie troops run the risk of becoming victim of terror attacks on our own soil.

Australian Federal Police left a suitcase containing explosives at Sydney Airport for over a month.

There may be a new Royal baby on the way, but Australia parents could be breaking the law by naming a child after a prince or princess or any other names the government deems 'ridiculous'.

Public servants, private companies, individuals, kids and parents all heeded the National Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre’s ‘bat signal’ this week and joined their super forces in the fight against this debilitating disease.

John Howard's defence force chief, Admiral Chris Barrie, has slammed the Abbott government's handling of asylum seeker issues, labelling it ‘secretive, expensive, and unnecessary' while claiming it is damaging Australia's reputation.

Australians holding dual nationality cannot hold Federal public office. Has Tony Abbott ever formally renounced is UK citizenship?

In ‘Project Wing’, Google are testing self-flying delivery drones in the Australian Outback. (Watch the video, here).

A Sydney neurosurgeon has been deported to Malaysia after a second incident where a drug and sex spree led to the death of a woman.

Qantas confirms massive annual loss, totalling AUD$2.8 billion, as it scrambles to secure its future.

Australia Post refused to deliver mail to the residents of a Brisbane, all because of Brian the burly Boxer dog and his owner.

Please fold your lap trays, and continue using your electronic devices, as we prepare to land. Qantas and Virgin Australia allow passengers to keep their devices switched on from 'gate to gate'.

Australia’s new anti-terrorism unit has picked up its first suspect, according to PM.

An Australian psychologist says Aussie kids are raised to be brats thanks to shoddy parenting.

Police have decided not to lay criminal charges against Labor leader Bill Shorten over a rape allegation dating back to 1986.

Full official statement from Bill Shorten about an investigation into rape claims against him that has now been closed.

Australian Federal Police are said to be investigating 'terror maps' found at a house in Pullenvale, Brisbane.

In the fourth fatal Australian crocodile attack this year, a fisherman was killed by a giant reptile in front of his wife.

Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison this week announced that most children in immigration detention camps who are under the age of ten, and their families, will be released into the Australian society by the end of this year.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has indicated that the federal government is willing to discuss some serious budget compromises with the cross-benchers.

A very bad day at a Melbourne hospital when 200 of their (very much alive) patients were declared deceased.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced new laws that will see the termination of welfare benefits for any Australians posing a national security threat.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott acknowledged that Australia’s border security failed by letting another jihad suspect leave the country using his brother’s passport.

"The overall outlook for the Great Barrier Reef is poor, has worsened since 2009 and is expected to further deteriorate,” says latest government report.

Class action lawsuit launched on behalf of Australian consumers to fight credit card late payment fees charged by financial institutions.

Clive Palmer has commended Joe Hockey's leadership in managing the budget but remains unsympathetic to the government's plans.

Police in northern Australia suspect a crocodile may have snatched a 22-year old man who went missing a week ago.

Tourists in Northern Australia left in awe as a Croc is seen attacking a bull shark.

25 of the delegates attending the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne failed to board a plane back to their home countries, claiming asylum in the country which hosted them as conference guests.

VIDEO | Transperth puts their passengers to work to save the leg of a man who slipped and got caught between the train and the platform, demonstrating why you SHOULD ‘mind the gap’.

“If you need to dispose of anything you shouldn't have, we suggest you flush it now”: Jetstar flight attendant

Immigration and Border control is on high alert as authorities fear the deadly Ebola virus could spread to Australia.

"The Australian government is not just gagging the press, it is blindfolding the public," says Julian Assange as WikiLeaks publishes secret suppression order issued by Victorian court.

Strict new conditions for Australians collecting unemployment benefits, including making 40 job applications per month.

In a case of ‘who wore it best’, four Miss Word Australia finalists took to the swimsuit segment of the competition wearing the exact same outfit.

While the AIDS 2014 conference kicked off in Melbourne this week, breaking news is that an Australian company developed a condom that will offer real protection against unwanted pregnancies and STD’s including the HIV virus.

Australian senator Jacqui Lambie told a radio show she would only date a man with “heaps of cash and they’ve got to have a package between their legs,” adding that she would prefer if he didn’t speak.

Tribute: As flags around the nation fly at half-mast we honour the victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine, who called Australia home.

A survey by the Kirby Institute of the University of New South Wales has revealed that the number of recorded HIV cases in Australia is at an all-time high.

A great white shark that was seen thrashing about the waves near a Perth beach is believed to have met its death by choking on his large lunch.

The Liberal Party’s own polling company’s survey finds that Australians are much more supportive of same-sex couples enjoying the same marital rights as heterosexual unions.