Tag: News in Australia

Perth has taken to erasing all visible signs commemorating disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris.

A petition spearheaded by Paula Orbea is after the heads behind Wicked Campers who hire some of Australia’s most controversial camper vans.

Queenslanders have been so diligent in feeding excess electricity from their home solar panels back into the grid that their electricity price remained at $0.00 for a few days last week.

A statement made by District Court judge Gary Neilson that sex between siblings is gaining acceptance has been met with severe criticism.

You know how crocs are - take food from their mouth and they take your hand instead, as this Australia zookeeer found out.

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.

Tony Abbott has used a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to rally behind the trading giant takes on a stronger presence in the Asia-Pacific.

Tony Abbott’s chief indigenous advisor has called the PM's reference to Australia being "unsettled" before British colonisation as "silly while Nova Peris has branded them as "highly offensive".

A landmark report looking at the state of the world's tropics predicts Australia's tropical zone will expand by about 200 kilometres every 25 years.

Revelations of terrible abuse at Salvation Army homes in the 1960s and 1970s have affected public generosity towards the church's fundraising efforts.

Australian not-for-profit groups with a tech-savvy bright idea for making the world a better place could win some serious tech support from Google.

A former Marist Brother head has denied to an inquiry that his role was to conceal rather than expose abuse.

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

The Australian Labor party says the government's assertions that the welfare system is unsustainable are exaggerated.

Online reports say that Apple is looking for language engineers who are experts on ‘Australian English’ (or Strine - as we like to call it) to assist with the programming of their voice activated application Siri.

The price of abolishing the carbon tax might be keeping Australia's car enthusiasts happy.

Clive Palmer and former US vice-president Al Gore presented as an odd couple but they had nothing but admiration for each other as they talk over carbon tax and emissions trading scheme.

The Abbott government accepts the UN's rejection of its application to remove 74,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage Area.

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

An Australian funeral director endured a 4 hour-long road trip with a portly body in her hearse. Her hefty companion then had to spend the night in her hearse after a morgue turned her away saying he would not fit in their fridge.

Treasurer Joe Hockey is not worried about the latest opinion poll, saying the government was elected to fix the economy.

Astounding research results have confirmed that SAHMTI and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Personalized Cancer Medicine have come up with valuable information about the treatment of leukaemia.

A 22-year-old Perth man will face court charged with driving under the influence after he was caught riding a motorised esky down a main road.

Barry Jones, the eminent Australian thinker, says the Abbott government is waging a "war on science".

Australians from all walks of life and in all kinds of professions recognised with Queen's Birthday Honours.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne has rejected claims that Malcolm Turnbull is not doing enough to sell the budget.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and broadcaster Alan Jones have had a feisty on-air exchange.

Dump nuclear waste in Australia says former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke: “The one thing this country ought to do is have the disposal of nuclear waste in remote areas.”

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has once again gotten backs up when he used his speech at the D-Day commemorations to advocate his government's policies.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says a proposal to drug test people on the dole is off the table.

Billionaire MP Clive Palmer says he was helped by the dole when he was an out-of-work teenager.

It seems Peppa Pig is next in line on the new budget’s list of victims. The much loved British produced animated children’s program might be getting the chop.

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.

Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says Clive Palmer is an embarrassment to Australia who is damaging relations with China.

Although highly criticial of the budget, Labor has helped pass one of its key measures - the temporary tax hike on the wealthy.

On Monday Australian Apple users were left reeling when their devices were hi-jacked and held for a $50 ransom.

A member of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s ruling Liberal Party protested against budget cuts when he smuggled a pipe bomb in to a parliament sitting on Monday night.

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

Labor has failed to secure an investigation into Speaker Bronwyn Bishop's use of her parliamentary suite for a Liberal fundraising event.

“The bottom line is, if you’re paying more for health in Australia, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee a better outcome for low-risk babies and women.” - Professor Hannah Dahlen UWS.

The prime minister says he winked because he became momentarily distracted while taking a call during an ABC radio interview.

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.

Joe Hockey has taken Fairfax Media to court over a front-page story suggesting the federal treasurer was for sale.

With the federal government facing protesting premiers, street marches and a drop in the polls, Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey step up their budget pitch.

The World Health Organization place Australians amongst the top 6 countries in the world in terms of life expectancy but the new budget might rob Australians of their healthy ranking.

In reaction to the annual cull of thousands of kangaroos, animal rights group Alphadog says kangaroo numbers can be controlled in a non-lethal way and is working with Australian officials on an experiment to administer birth control to hundreds of kangaroos.

World's oldest sperm uncovered. The scientists in Jurassic Park would have had a shorter road to genetically engineered dinosaurs if they had only scratched around some bat droppings in Australia.

Australian authorities made more than 52,000 user data requests to tech firms last year, more than any other country except the US.

For the first time in 40 years Qantas will be retrenching pilots, part of an expected 5000 jobs redundancy plan.

“It’s absolutely fundamental for children’s development that they have those role models bearing in mind that lots of children in schools nowadays come from single parent families.” - Psychologist Dr Cross.