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LABOR SWEEPS TO POWER IN 'SAVAGE RESULT'
Mark McGowan says his election as Western Australia's 30th premier is a victory for the hope and opportunity Labor promises over desperation and division ... READ MORE›
ROW OVER EXTENDING FOREIGN DONATIONS BAN TO ADVOCACY GROUPS
The federal government should ban foreign donations to political parties and their registered allies, such as trade unions and think tanks, according to a cross-party committee... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA SUES AUDI, VOLKSWAGEN OVER EMISSIONS CHEATING
Parent company Volkswagen designed and supplied the engines and software to Audi AG for installation, the commission added in a statement initiating Federal Court action... READ MORE›
OPINION: THE DANGERS WOMEN FACE EVERY DAY
It's not well known or understood in CALD communities that DV extends beyond physical violence and also comprises psychological, mental, emotional, financial and sexual violence... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S ALMOST A WORLD LEADER IN HOME BUILDING, SO IT WON'T FIX AFFORDABILITY
Demand drives supply In a market-driven housing system, price stimulates new housing supply... READ MORE›
IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS OF TERROR SLEEPER CELLS IN AUSTRALIA
It was the Abbott government's review of Australia's counter-terrorism machinery led to the establishment of the Office of the Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator... READ MORE›
TURNBULL RULES OUT JOINT SOUTH CHINA SEA PATROLS WITH INDONESIA
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ruled out Australia and Indonesia conducting joint-patrols in the South China Sea, after reports surfaced both countries were contemplating the idea... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON AUSTRALIA MAY BE IRREVERSIBLE, FIVE-YEARLY REPORT SAYS
An independent review of the state of Australia's environment has found the impacts of climate change are increasing and some of the changes could be irreversible... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICAN MOTHER DEVASTATED AS GOVERNMENT FORCES HER TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA
Mrs Ingram said her daughter Caitlin belonged in Australia, not South Africa... READ MORE›
PAULINE HANSON IS NOT RACIST, SAYS ASIAN-AUSTRALIAN ONE NATION CANDIDATE
West Australian One Nation candidate Tshung Chang whose father is Chinese-Malay was in his twenties at the time of the speech... READ MORE›
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL TO MEET WITH DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs Merkel, who wields significant sway in Europe, was critical of Mr Trump's refugee and immigration travel ban, which was blocked by the courts... READ MORE›
'DON'T FEED THE MIGRANTS': CALAIS MAYOR BANS CHARITIES FROM DISTRIBUTING FOOD TO PREVENT NEW JUNGLE
We have suffered too much, said Natacha Bouchart, a member of the center-right Les Republicains, after approving the new restrictions on Thursday... READ MORE›
THE RISE OF POPULIST POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA
As for Mr Bernardi, few believe his Australian Conservatives party will draw significant support... READ MORE›
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE HELPS AUSTRALIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BID
The world acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre is in Geneva helping Australia's charm offensive to win a seat on the UN's Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
WHOPPING SALARY OF AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE BOSS SPARKS FUROR
Ahmed Fahour, the director of Australia Post, resigned on Feb. 22 after his whopping pay packet was revealed by a Senate committee... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN ACCUSED OF PLANNING TO HELP ISLAMIC STATE DEVELOP MISSILES
He is also accused of researching, designing and modelling systems to assist the extremist group's efforts to develop their own long-range guided missiles... READ MORE›
PREFERENCES COULD GIVE MICRO PARTIES BIG PART IN WA POLITICS
Or West Australians who do not like the major parties may find themselves inadvertently putting in a candidate who believes Australia's democracy needs a major overhaul... READ MORE›
'NAME THE VILLAINS,' FORMER ABC MD DAVID HILL TELLS UK ABUSE INQUIRY
Mr Hill was sent to a farm school at Molong, NSW, run by the Fairbridge Society... READ MORE›
OLYMPIAN VOWS TO CONTINUE MUSLIM ADVOCACY AND LEGAL WORK AFTER LATEST WIN
Mr Shkara, who is working in tandem with charity group The Youth Centre, agrees... READ MORE›
CALL FOR APOLOGY AFTER LIBERAL SENATOR APPEARS TO LINK 'FLEAS' TO BOAT ARRIVALS
Senator Fawcett's colleague, Senator Ian Macdonald echoed Senator Fawcett's comments, describing them as nicely put ... READ MORE›
NEARLY 10 ATTACKS A DAY ON MIGRANTS IN 2016
Germany is struggling with a backlog of asylum applications and there are fears about security following a series of terrorist attacks across Europe... READ MORE›
INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA RESTORE FULL MILITARY TIES
Indonesia and Australia have restored full military relations, weeks after Jakarta suspended cooperation because of insulting teaching material found at an Australian army centre... READ MORE›
WIDODO GETS ROCK STAR WELCOME AT CONCERT
Indonesian Australians are calling on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to liberalise dual citizenship laws, saying they want to retain both nationalities... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN BORN SINGER TO REPRESENT DENMARK IN EUROVISION 2017
Two Australians will be competing in this year's Eurovision Song Contest after NSW-born Anja Nissen beat nine other finalists for the right to represent Denmark... READ MORE›
PM STEFAN LOFVEN WANTS TO CURB FLOW OF FOREIGN WORKERS
Lofven said there were 100,000 jobs available and 300,000 people unemployed in Sweden... READ MORE›
MICRO PARTIES PLAYING THE MAJORS AT THEIR OWN GAME
Most of the micro parties are directing preferences to each other in the state's upper house... READ MORE›
'PERSECUTED MINORITIES' PLEDGE DELIVERS CHRISTIAN REFUGEE BOOM
While Australia has a non-discriminatory immigration program, Christians are starting to dominate humanitarian visas... READ MORE›
DEPORTATION ORDER RECONSIDERED AT ELEVENTH HOUR FOR BANGLADESHI TEEN
The trio applied for permanent residency in 2010, but because Sumaya's application was rejected, the rest of the family were also unsuccessful... READ MORE›
'NATIONAL CALAMITY': SHOPPING CENTRE ABUSE REVEALS GREAT AUSTRALIAN PARADOX
When a Muslim Australian woman became the target of religious discrimination at a Perth shopping centre, no one rushed to her defence... READ MORE›
BOY, 10, BITTEN BY WORLD'S DEADLIEST SPIDER IN AUSTRALIA, MAKES 'INCREDIBLE' RECOVERY AFTER 12 VIALS OF ANTIVENOM
According to the Australian Museum, no confirmed deaths have occurred from a funnel-web bite since an antivenom was introduced in 1981... READ MORE›
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NO 'G'DAY, MATE': ON CALL WITH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, TRUMP BADGERS AND BRAGS
President Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2017... READ MORE›
'AREN'T WE ALL BOAT PEOPLE?'
Meat Livestock Australia MLA launched its latest lamb campaign this week, depicting the diverse people that comprise Australia uniting in their love for the popular meat... READ MORE›
TRUMP TRIES TO EXPLAIN REMARK ABOUT SWEDEN AMID RIDICULE
Addressing a rally on Saturday, he had said, look at what's happening last night in Sweden, as he listed parts of Europe hit by terrorist attacks... READ MORE›
REFUGEES CROSSING INTO CANADA FROM US ON FOOT DESPITE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
More than 7,000 refugee applicants entered Canada by land in 2016, up 63 percent from the previous year, according to the Canada Border Services Agency... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S NEW VISA LAWS COULD HIT AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS
The US-Australia deal involving refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island was struck last year when Barack Obama was US president... READ MORE›
VICTORIAN SCHOOLBOY BELIEVED TO BE FIRST AUSTRALIAN HIT WITH US VISA BAN
A Melbourne schoolboy claims to be the first Australian denied a US visa following President Donald Trump's controversial entry bans... READ MORE›
PHOTOS SHOW JAPANESE WHALERS KILLING MINKE IN SANCTUARY, SAYS SEA SHEPHERD
Anti-whaling campaign group alleges it photographed Japanese whalers carrying out a slaughter inside Australia's Antarctic whale sanctuary... READ MORE›
HEALING CEREMONY KICKS OFF FREMANTLE'S ALTERNATIVE AUSTRALIA DAY
Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt said that decision then led to the healing ceremony, which was completely run by Indigenous people... READ MORE›
'IF TRADE STOPS, WAR STARTS,' WARNS ALIBABA FOUNDER JACK MA
If trade stops, war starts, he said in Melbourne, where the e-commerce giant Alibaba opened its Australia and New Zealand headquarters... READ MORE›
THE NEW LAMB AD GETS A "D" FOR EFFORT, NOT FOR DIVERSITY
Apart from a brief reference to Aboriginal people having been here since forever, the ad crams tens of thousands of years into a quick sound bite... READ MORE›
OPINION | WHY THE TRUMP PHONE CALL COULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR US AUSTRALIANS
We Australians still think all Americans are good looking... READ MORE›
TRUMP BLASTED AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER DURING 'WORST CALL BY FAR'
President Trump reportedly blasted the Australian Prime Minister during a phone call between the leaders of the two longtime allies... READ MORE›
COLOMBO PLAN SCHOLARSHIP FOR HAZARA REFUGEE HIGH ACHIEVER
From a life of limited education opportunities in Afghanistan, Wahida Samim has become one of Australia's highest achieving university students... READ MORE›
TRUMP IN 'WORST CALL' WITH TURNBULL
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal... READ MORE›
TRUMP ON 'TOUGH' CALLS WITH WORLD LEADERS
Believe me, when you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it, Trump said Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: TEEN REFUGEE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ON NAURU AFTER TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER
There is widespread distress on the island following the signing of US President Donald Trump's executive order barring the entry of refugees from several countries... READ MORE›
THE CAT EMPIRE'S FELIX RIEBL RECORDS POWERFUL SONG ABOUT MS DHU AND DEATHS IN CUSTODY
The song called 'Ms Dhu', was produced by The Cat Empire vocalist Felix Riebl in conjunction with the Marliya singers from the Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir... READ MORE›
BIGOTRY AND FEAR IS THE NEW NORM, SAYS NEW MUSLIM GREENS CANDIDATE IN WA
An Australian Muslim convert is contesting a Liberal-held lower house seat in the Western Australian election to stick up for the underdog ... READ MORE›
'THE WOMEN OF MONTANA ARE ARMED'
US preacher's warning to Islamic militants 'The women of Montana are armed'... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT THE 'DUMB DEAL' ON REFUGEES WITH AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY SAYS
Despite these reports, the Australian government has remained resolutely unwilling to resettle refugees in Australia... READ MORE›
'IF OTHERS WISH TO EMULATE WHAT WE'RE DOING, THEY'RE WELCOME'
Australia's prime minister has told reporters he won't critique every one of the US president's policy decisions... READ MORE›
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TO RESTORE THE AUSTRALIA DAY HIJAB BILLBOARD
It said the billboard's message explicitly participates in a narrative that erases Australia's history... READ MORE›
US-AUSTRALIA REFUGEE DEAL: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
According to an Australian government report, the average length of time refugees spend in detention is 469 days, and steadily increasing... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA DAY BILLBOARD WITH HIJABS REMOVED IN MELBOURNE
An Australia Day billboard featuring two women wearing hijabs has been removed from a site in Melbourne after threats were made to the company behind it... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE TEEN REUNITES WITH FAMILY AFTER NEAR LIFETIME SEPARATION
Martha's mother and her siblings spent recent years in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp hoping to be granted a refugee visa to Australia... READ MORE›
SCHOOLBOY GOING TO SPACE CAMP AFTER TRUMP VISA BAN LIFTED FOR AUSTRALIANS
The school space camp trip will go to Orlando, Washington and the US Space Rocket Center in Alabama, he said... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S REFUGEE ORDER TRIGGERS PROTESTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Similar protests were held in Canberra, Newcastle and Hobart, while hundreds attended an anti-Trump rally in Melbourne on Friday... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DEFENDS 'TOUGH' PHONE CALLS AS JOHN MCCAIN EXPRESSES 'UNWAVERING' SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIA
I don't think Australia should be worried about its relationship with our new president or with our country for that matter, he said... READ MORE›
CANADA ARRESTS NEARLY 70 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT US BORDER FOLLOWING TRUMP TRAVEL BAN
A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency said that 21 people were intercepted in Manitoba, while 46 others made claims at border crossings in Quebec... READ MORE›
NURSING 457S ON THE DECLINE AS HEALTH SECTOR CHASES WORKFORCE RENEWAL
Hospitals have slashed the recruitment of nurses on 457 visas over the past three years, as the health sector ramps up its workforce renewal... READ MORE›