MELBOURNE NAMED WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY, FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING

Melbourne has topped The Economist's liveability rankings for a fifth consecutive year... READ MORE›

FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT

Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›

LEADERS LISTEN AS MAN EXPLAINS HOW HE LOST HIS JOB

I mean, I snuck in the other day and I just told the people at customs that I used to be a Prime Minister!... READ MORE›

EMBATTLED MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB DROPS SPEECH TO GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION GATHERING

Mahathir Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister Photo Rex Mr Najib has accused Mr Mahathir of leading a conspiracy to oust him... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON ADMITS HE DID HAVE A STAKE IN FATHER'S OFFSHORE INVESTMENT FUND AFTER PANAMA PAPERS LEAK

David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, but sold it for around ?30,000 before he became Prime Minister... READ MORE›

DEBRIS MAY SHED LIGHT ON MISSING JETS LAST MOMENTS

"For this reason, thorough and methodical search efforts will continue to be focused on the defined underwater search area, covering 120,000 square kilometers, in the southern Indian Ocean," he said ..... READ MORE›

'YOU DON'T KNOW FAMILIES ON THE BREADLINE'

David Cameron has rejected Phillip Schofield's suggestion he is out of touch and does not know any poor working families... READ MORE›

G20 SUMMIT: TONY ABBOTT LAMENTS TO WORLD LEADERS HIS FAILURE TO PASS TAX ON GP VISITS

Mr Abbott described the gathering as comprising some of the most powerful and influential people in the world... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA LOOKS SET TO START BOMBING SYRIA AS LIBERALS WARN AGAINST TOO MUCH COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES

Australia looks set to start bombing Syria as Libs warn against too much refugee compassion... READ MORE›

TONY ABBOTT IS OUT OF A JOB, AND ANOTHER LEADING CLIMATE-CHANGE SKEPTIC MAY SOON FOLLOW

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was dramatically booted from office on Monday after a putsch within his ruling Liberal Party... READ MORE›

KIDS COMPANY'S CAMILA BATMANGHELIDJH ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY GOVERNMENT

The Cabinet Office is withholding A?3m unless Kids Company moves on its chief executive, Camila Batmanghelidjh... READ MORE›

SIR ALAN DUNCAN MP SAYS CRITICS OF DAVID CAMERON ARE LOW-ACHIEVERS WHO HATE WEALTHY PEOPLE

Panama papers Sir Alan Duncan MP says critics of David Cameron are low-achievers who hate wealthy people... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS

The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

6 CHANGES FOUND IN THE FINE PRINT

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced his cabinet Wednesday, the new faces weren't the only changes afoot... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA PRESSED TO SAY IF SMUGGLERS WERE PAID

Migrants from the boat gave that account to workers for a United Nations refugee agency in Indonesia a United Nations official said Friday... READ MORE›

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA IS THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF OUR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

If our politicians understood the accomplishments and knowledge of Indigenous Australians, they might be able to take their political demands seriously... READ MORE›

'THIS IS NOT POLITICS, IT'S SURVIVAL'

Sydney Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration... READ MORE›

CAMERON'S TAX CRITICS ARE 'LOW ACHIEVERS'

What matters most is the winning the election and David Cameron becoming the prime minister... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE COMPOUNDING THREATS TO AUSTRALIA'S ECOSYSTEMS, STUDIES FIND

Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REFUGEES TOLD TO READ THIS GOVERNMENT BOOK BEFORE BEING RESETTLED IN AUSTRALIA

The booklet provided to all people seeking permanent residency reveals the extent of cultural orientation refugees are expected to undergo as they settle in Australia... READ MORE›

MASSIVE PROTESTS IN ICELAND OVER PM'S LINK TO OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS

The prime minister walked out of the interview, saying What are you trying to make up here?... READ MORE›

A NEW WAY TO INTERVIEW THE PRIME MINISTER

Prime Minister Trudeau will also join us at that time as we review the encounters and the issues they reveal... READ MORE›

ITS A GIRL SOMETIMES UNWELCOME IN AUSTRALIA

However, the United Nations Population Fund says that any ratio above 106 suggests there is some kind of human intervention... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIANS SUBJECT TO 'CASTE DISCRIMINATION', MIGRANTS SAY

So far, a caste discrimination case has not reached the Australian courts... READ MORE›

TRUDEAU MEETS MONTREAL MAYOR AS ENERGY EAST PROMPTS NATIONAL UNITY QUESTIONS

The meeting between the prime minister and the former Liberal cabinet minister was held at Montreal City Hall... READ MORE›

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER SHIRTFRONTS VLADIMIR PUTIN INSTEAD

But in three encounters with the Russian president in six days the Australian prime minister largely seems to have missed his chance... READ MORE›

PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT SAYS BORDER FORCE OPERATION FORTITUDE RELEASE WAS A 'MISTAKE'

Tony Abbott has denied his office had any knowledge of the cancelled Australian Border Force operation in Melbourne... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS GO IN SEARCH OF FEMALE FANS

Australian Rugby Union's ARU chief executive officer Bill Pulver admits there are too many men dominating sport at all levels... READ MORE›

VANUATU SPEAKER PARDONS HIMSELF AND 13 MPS

While the president's away vanuatu speaker pardons himself and 13 mps... READ MORE›