Recent News Headlines : Australia - Australia

GIRL SHOT AFTER POLICE VAN CHASE


A two-year-old caught up in a police chase in Belgium died from a gunshot wound to the face, prosecutors say... READ MORE

18th May, 2018 154

REPORT DUE ON HOW TO FIX MP DUAL CITIZENSHIP FIASCO


Mr Turnbull says it's not hard for candidates to renounce British and New Zealand citizenship, which have been the cause of most of the disqualifications... READ MORE

17th May, 2018 0

AFRICAN ATHLETES DISAPPEARED AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. NOW THEY'VE SURFACED TO SEEK ASYLUM.


Peter Dutton, Australia's minister of home affairs, assumed the athletes and coaches had run away, seeing the Commonwealth Games as an opportunity to resettle abroad... READ MORE

17th May, 2018 408

WORKERS OR SERVANTS? AU PAIRS ARE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATION


The case has sparked debate about the exploitation of au pairs across Europe... READ MORE

16th May, 2018 3

CHINA'S FREEZE ON AUSTRALIA THAWS SLIGHTLY AS TRADE MINISTER BLOWS IN


Steve Ciobo is the first Australian minister to be invited to visit China this year, and he will be talking trade and AFL... READ MORE

16th May, 2018 8

MACLAREN MISSES OUT AS SOCCEROOS' WORLD CUP SQUAD CUT TO 26


The reduced squad will travel to Turkey for a pre-tournament training camp before a friendly international against the Czech Republic in Austria on June 1... READ MORE

15th May, 2018 37

MH370 EXPERTS THINK THEY'VE FINALLY SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF THE DOOMED MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT


Zaharie's suspected suicide might explain an oddity about the plane's final flight path that unexpected turn to the left... READ MORE

15th May, 2018 299

AN AUSSIE TRUMP IS NOT SUCH A REMOTE POSSIBILITY


Think Australia is immune from the rise of strong man leaders? Think again... READ MORE

14th May, 2018 664

CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TARGETED IN ELABORATE KIDNAPPING SCAM


The Australian Federal Police AFP has issued a public warning about an elaborate fake kidnapping scam targeting Chinese international students around the world... READ MORE

14th May, 2018 0

'MODEL CITIZEN' AND FORMER FUGITIVE LIVING IN AUSTRALIA FOR 30 YEARS ON FALSE PASSPORT PATTON EIDSON JAILED IN THE US


Former fugitive living in Australia for 30 years Patton Eidson jailed in the US... READ MORE

14th May, 2018 230

NEW SPACE AGENCY BOSS PREDICTS BIG THINGS FOR AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY


Former CSIRO boss Megan Clark will today be formally named as the head of the Australian Space Agency for its first year of operations... READ MORE

14th May, 2018 674

TURNBULLS APPROVAL RATINGS JUMP NEWSPOLL


Updated Updated 7 hours ago Malcolm Turnbull has strengthened his popularity as Australia's preferred prime minister in his equal best Newspoll result since the 2016 election... READ MORE

13th May, 2018 0

POLICE OFFICER STOOD DOWN AFTER FOOTAGE SHOWS CAR HITTING INDIGENOUS TEEN


Witnesses to the Thornlie incident are asked to contact police on 131 444... READ MORE

13th May, 2018 0

GIANT TESLA BATTERY 'SAVES MILLIONS AND CUTS OUTAGE EMISSIONS TO ZERO'


Tesla's giant battery reduces cost of power outages by 90 per cent in South Australia... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 3863

GRANDFATHER SUSPECTED OF MURDER-SUICIDE IN AUSTRALIA FAMILY MASSACRE


We thank the community for their support and ask that our privacy is respected as we grieve, the family said... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 58

7 KILLED IN MARGARET RIVER, INCLUDING A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN


Australia mass shooting 7 killed in Margaret River, including a mother and her children... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 1065

46YO BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO WALK 17,000KM AROUND AUSTRALIA SOLO, UNSUPPORTED


Modern-day adventurer Terra Roam celebrates her 17,000km solo and unsupported walk around Australia with a stroll from Newcastle to Sydney... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 818

4 CHILDREN AMONG 7 KILLED IN AUSTRALIAN MASS SHOOTING


The loss of any life is tragic, four children and three adults, this is a significant tragedy, he said... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 0

SEVEN FOUND DEAD AT AUSTRALIAN RURAL PROPERTY


Augusta-Margaret River Shire president Pamela Townsend said the incident had impacted everyone in the area... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 0

AUSTRALIAN FAMILY DEAD IN MARGARET RIVER MURDER-SUICIDE


Family dead in Australia's worst mass shooting in two decades... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 5544

AUSTRALIA COULD RUN OUT OF FUEL ANY DAY, SO WHY AREN'T WE STOCKING UP?


But Australia has no legislation that requires the government to maintain an emergency fuel stockpile... READ MORE

12th May, 2018 3893

'IT'S JUST HORRIFYING': SEVEN KILLED IN AUSTRALIA'S DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN 22 YEARS


Seven people were found dead in Western Australia, marking the country's deadliest shooting since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre... READ MORE

11th May, 2018 11749

SEVEN KILLED IN AUSTRALIA'S DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN 22 YEARS


The mass shooting has rattled Australia, where lawmakers passed some of the world's most restrictive gun-control laws after a 1996 massacre in Tasmania... READ MORE

11th May, 2018 3

ARCHIBALD PRIZE 2018: YVETTE COPPERSMITH WINS WITH SELF-PORTRAIT


Melbourne artist Yvette Coppersmith has become the 10th woman to win the Archibald Prize with a self-portrait... READ MORE

11th May, 2018 0

'THE COUNTRY I COME FROM DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE'


In 1999, three years after arriving in Australia, NATO finally bombed Belgrade... READ MORE

10th May, 2018 0

MAHATHIR MOHAMED IS MAKING HISTORY AND THE WORLD IS WATCHING


Mahathir Mohamad tells the media he has a clear mandate to form a new government in Malaysia... READ MORE

10th May, 2018 711

WHY TRUMP-STYLE COMPANY TAX CUTS WON'T ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULTS IN AUSTRALIA


It sees the world as a perfect market, where footloose foreign investment responds strongly to small differences in company tax... READ MORE

10th May, 2018 113

COALITION BACKFLIPS ON PARENT VISA CRACKDOWN


But at the last minute, Senator McKim postponed the motion after securing a deal with the minister... READ MORE

9th May, 2018 0

WHAT YOU AND JOHN OLIVER NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KOALA CHLAMYDIA


Apart from his name forever memorialized with the words koala chlamydia, a ward in Oliver's honor was donated at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital in Queensland... READ MORE

9th May, 2018 13

CANADA: TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT COOLS ON ASYLUM SEEKERS AS NUMBERS FROM US RISE


Doing so allows migrants to skirt a longstanding pact that bars most refugee claimants in the US from applying for asylum in Canada... READ MORE

9th May, 2018 417

Trending News Headlines : Australia

AUSTRALIA HASN'T HAD A FATAL MASS SHOOTING SINCE 1996. HERE'S WHAT IT DID


Bobby DuBose thanks the survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other students from Broward County, Fla... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 145053

AUSTRALIAN MIGRANTS AMONG THE HAPPIEST IN THE WORLD


It turns out most of the worlds happiest countries have a high proportion of migrants... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 14337

JONATHAN FRANZEN ON WHY THEY MATTER


There is, however, one critical ability that human beings have and birds do not mastery of their environment... READ MORE

23rd March, 2018 7577

LAWYERS IN AUSTRALIA SEEK TO PROSECUTE AUNG SAN SUU KYI


Rights lawyers accuse the de facto Myanmar leader of 'crimes against humanity' over Rohingya treatment... READ MORE

18th March, 2018 6084

CONSERVATIVE PUSH TO RESETTLE 'PERSECUTED' WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS GAINS MOMENTUM


Peter Dutton's white South African farmers resettlement gaining momentum... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 5428

104-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST TRAVELS TO SWITZERLAND TO END HIS LIFE


ET May 2, 2018 CLOSE 104 year old Australian Scientist David Goodall intends to fly to Switzerland in May so he can end his own life, Fox news reports... READ MORE

3rd May, 2018 5107

LOST AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER FINALLY FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CORAL SEA


The wreckage of a US aircraft carrier lost during the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II is found off the coast of Australia... READ MORE

8th March, 2018 4958

AUSTRALIANS STRUGGLE TO PRONOUNCE THE WORD 'AUSTRALIA' CORRECTLY


Straya, mate But stuffing up this first vowel sound isn't the only sin Australians are allegedly guilty of... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 4919

NO PLAN TO PROTECT QUEENSLAND'S GREEN-HAIRED TURTLE FROM EXTINCTION


The Mary river turtle is just one of many endangered Australian reptile species which have fallen between the conservation cracks... READ MORE

13th April, 2018 4270

FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO UK ARRIVES IN LONDON ONA 'HISTORIC DAY FOR AVIATION'


A new era of travel and opportunities for Western Australias economy has officially begun... READ MORE

26th March, 2018 2771

'THE BEST IN THE WORLD': A LOVE LETTER TO AUSTRALIA'S PUBLIC POOLS


Tracing his conversion from pool refusnik to aquatic evangelist, Benjamin Law asks is swimming the Australian version of baptism?... READ MORE

13th April, 2018 2571

CHINA: TURNBULL ASSERTS AUSTRALIA'S 'PERFECT RIGHT' TO SAIL SOUTH CHINA SEA


Mr Turnbull said Australia asserted its right to freedom of navigation throughout the world's oceans, including the South China Sea... READ MORE

20th April, 2018 2310

WORLD'S OLDEST KNOWN MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FOUND NEAR PERTH, AUSTRALIA


Perth resident Tonya Illman stumbled upon the bottle half-buried on a beach near Wedge Island in January while picking up rubbish... READ MORE

7th March, 2018 2020

DUTTON SUGGESTS SOUTH AFRICA MISREPRESENTING AUSTRALIA'S FARMER STANCE TO APPEASE AUDIENCE


Peter Dutton escalates a diplomatic row with South Africa by suggesting its Foreign Minister may have deliberately misrepresented Australia's stance on white farmers in the nation... READ MORE

4th April, 2018 1985

MALAYSIA STOPS PEOPLE SMUGGLING TANKER WITH 130 HEADING TO AUSTRALIA


This syndicate has been operating since mid-2017 and has international connections across Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia, he added... READ MORE

6th May, 2018 1748

WORLD PENGUIN DAY QUIZ: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR FLIGHTLESS FRIENDS


Feathered seals Female emperor penguins lay one egg, which is then incubated by the male while she goes off hunting... READ MORE

25th April, 2018 1663

APRIL FOOL'S DAY 2018 HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE INTERNET


And Tasmania Police showed off their new highly-trained Hoon Dog Elvis Topics comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, australia First posted April 01, 2018 11 06 31... READ MORE

7th April, 2018 1543

AS IT HAPPENED: US, UK AND FRANCE LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS PLANTS


US, UK and French forces have launched targeted strikes against three sites linked to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons program... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 1428

'CUTIE THE THIRD': HOW THE WORLD REACTED TO NEW PRINCE'S BIRTH


Sophie I send our congratulations to William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and to George and Charlotte on the new arrival... READ MORE

24th April, 2018 1428

AUSTRALIA LOOKS INTO RESETTLING WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS WHO SAY THEY ARE PERSECUTED


Support for the plight of white South Africans cut a contrast to Dutton's statements about other migrants and asylum seekers hoping to come to Australia... READ MORE

16th March, 2018 1394

WHY DOES INDIGENOUS SUCCESS MAKE SOME WHITE AUSTRALIANS UNCOMFORTABLE?


Timmah Ball has seen first-hand the anger and confusion directed towards Aboriginal people who have accumulated wealth or success... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 1292

AUSTRALIANS DEMAND END TO MANUS ISLAND AND NAURU REFUGEE CENTRES


Under laxer policies overseen by a previous Labor Party government, about 50,000 people arrived in Australia by sea... READ MORE

25th March, 2018 1167

MELBOURNE CHEF TO TAKE ON THE ITALIANS AT THE WORLD PIZZA CHAMPIONSHIPS


His Melbourne pizza and gnocchi bar 48 Hours, co-founded with Fabio Biscaldi, has become widely popular... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 980

OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS REACH RECORD LEVEL IN CANADA


Cricket balls, like the pink ones seen here that are used for floodlit games, get scuffed naturally during play... READ MORE

28th March, 2018 938

PACIFIC WORKERS, NOT BACKPACKERS, SHOULD DO AUSTRALIAS REGIONAL WORK WORLD BANK


Backpackers outnumber seasonal workers by six to one in Australia's agricultural sector, with more than 36,000 taking jobs, mainly in horticulture, each year... READ MORE

1st April, 2018 938

HOW INTERACTION WITH INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS GAVE NEW MEANING TO THESE MIGRANTS' LIVES


Recording Clinton's walk for a potential documentary was Alfred's entry point to Indigenous Australians and their cultures... READ MORE

26th March, 2018 914

BEACHGOERS FIND WORLD'S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE


It just looked like a lovely old bottle, so I picked it up thinking it might look good in my bookcase, Tonya Illman told Australia's ABC... READ MORE

6th March, 2018 909

AUSTRALIA HINTS AT POSSIBLE WORLD CUP BOYCOTT OVER NERVE AGENT ATTACK


Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 27, 2018... READ MORE

27th March, 2018 854

$38 BILLION WIPED OFF AUSTRALIAN SHARES AS TRUMP HITS CHINA WITH TARIFF THREAT


Following its global counterparts, the Australian share market tumbles sharply, with investors on edge about a potential US-China trade war... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 853

AUSTRALIAN NAVY OFFICER REVEALED AS SUSPECT IN MASSIVE US NAVY BRIBERY AND FRAUD CONSPIRACY


The agent spoke to Australian and US Navy personnel and interviewed a local water removal sub-contractor, Muck Suckers... READ MORE

4th May, 2018 842


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