Tag: News in Australia

A storm expert says far north Queensland is in for a major battering when Cyclone Ita hits.

After a lengthy trial, Hey Dad! actor Robert Hughes has been found guilty of 10 of the 11 charges he faced. His lawyer says he is a "broken man"

Philip Morris' exit from Australian manufacturing has been likened to the waning of the once legal slave, opium and child labour trades.

Sydney-based asylum seekers will be moved to Western Australia just a day before a legal case they are involved in is heard in the harbour city.

A new report looks at ways to better use funding for indigenous health, which could have economic and social spin-offs.

A landmark UN report warns the world isn't prepared for the serious risks of climate change, including worse bushfires for Australia.

Flight Centre has been ordered to pay an $11 million fine for inducing three airlines into price-fixing arrangements.

Cardinal George Pell has issued a frank apology to victims of sexual abuse carried out by "priests, religious leaders and others" within the church.

Shane Warne won't receive a knighthood "any time soon" Prime Minister Tony Abbott says, after reinstating knights and dames in the honours system.

The Abbott government is pushing ahead with plans to sell Medibank Private next financial year.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is defending his decision to revive knights and dames in the Australian honours system.

Perth is readying itself to receive the grieving families of the passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

The Queen has agreed to a request from Prime Minister Tony Abbott to restore knights and dames in Australian honours.

Clive Palmer says unless the government rethinks plans to scrap payments for children of dead or injured soldiers, he won't support the mining tax repeal.

The brother of a Brisbane man on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet says the hijacking theory brings its own torment.

Negotiations have begun between two key independent MPs and the two major parties as South Australia's election looks set to deliver a hung parliament.

Tasmanian premier-elect Will Hodgman has spent the day after his crushing election win learning the ropes.

The Greens say the environment would come under "massive attack" if wall-to-wall conservative governments take power across Australia.

The Australian Federal Police have dropped a proceeds of crime investigation into Schapelle Corby and her rumoured plans to do a paid interview.

An alleged victim of Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes has told a court that the actor exposed himself to her on set.

A 15-metre goon bag is the eye-catching entry as Perth's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition launches in Perth for its tenth year.

A bill to lift foreign ownership limits on Qantas has passed the House of Representatives.

Photos: Snake eating a crocodile in Australia caught on camera by amazed onlooker.

A journalist for The Australian has been kicked out of a press conference announcing Clive Palmer's candidates for the re-run Senate election in WA.

Australia experienced its 15th hottest summer since records began in 1910, while the summer before was the hottest ever.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says he is optimistic despite $252 million loss and 5000 jobs cuts announcement.

Channel 7 is suing the Australian Federal Police over armed raids on its Sydney offices last week, searching for evidence of an interview deal with Schapelle Corby,

The Australians Greens have called on the federal government to lift gag orders on staff at Manus Island detention centre.

The prime minister has found a portrait of the Queen for his office after a lengthy search.

The federal opposition is critical over reports that Iran has summoned the Australian envoy to complain about the death of an Iranian asylum seeker in PNG.

Australian Federal Police have raided Channel Seven's inner-Sydney offices searching for evidence of a lucrative interview with Schapelle Corby.

Illegal downloading of films is a form of theft and new measures to cut the rate of online piracy need to be implemented, according to Australia's attorney-general.

Despite the Aussie jobless figure rising to its highest level in a decade, Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes if the government is allowed to get on with its job, unemployment could turn around quickly.

Australian music and sports fans have complained to a parliamentary inquiry about ticket scalping (touting), but the entertainment and ticketing industry says it isn't a major problem.

Schapelle Corby secretly married in jail a year ago? Since her release Schapelle Corby has not spoken to media, although reports have emerged she has tied the knot.

Toyota's decision to follow Holden and Ford out of car-making in Australia by the end of 2017 will change the face of the nation's industry forever, the federal government says.

Prison boss Farid Junaedi said Schapelle Corby was a little nervous and wondered why there were so many people and reporters waiting for her release.

A large, fast-moving grassfire burning on Melbourne's northern fringe still poses a threat to homes in new suburbs and regional towns.

This is probably Schapelle Corby's final weekend in a Bali jail, after Indonesian authorities granted her parole request.

Former PM Kevin Rudd is to chair the National Apology Foundation, which he has established to honour the 2008 apology to Indigenous Australians.

Schapelle Corby's former lawyer has suggested the convicted drug smuggler will smoke a joint to celebrate, but says she was only joking.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has suggested the ABC apologise for airing allegations of asylum seeker abuse, but the broadcaster isn't budging.

Prime Minister Tabby Abbott? It looks like new levels of cattiness have been reached at Parliament House.

Schapelle Corby will know within days whether she will be released on parole from a Bali jail.

Fire-starters should be classed as "urban terrorists", according to WA's emergency services minister

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is not the role of government to prop up private industry.

The Seven Network has decided to dump the Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane editions of its troubled current affairs program Today Tonight.

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has reportedly checked out of a Sydney rehab centre after battling depression and alcohol abuse

Killing sharks in WA waters to protect beachgoers will dent tourism says billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.

A crowd-funded billboard in Sydney featuring Bananas in Pyjamas is pleading with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull to protect the ABC from funding cuts.