The second-largest campaign on the GoFundMe crowd-funding platform in Australia is now underway, after receiving more than Aus$1 million in donations to help koalas left scarred by bushfires that have convulsed the country.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed the stripping of a radical vegan activists group’s charity status, saying there was “nothing charitable” about the “green criminals” and their invasion of farmer’s homes and properties.
Australia’s Qantas on Monday rejected accusations of in-flight racism from US performer will.i.am, with the airline saying it would back legal action against the Black Eyed Peas frontman.
Two members of Australia’s conservative coalition government have rejected Beijing’s demand they “repent” for their criticism of the Chinese Communist Party.
PERTH, Australia (AP) – An outspoken Australian parliamentarian said Saturday that he and a colleague have been barred entry to China for a study trip, a development he said was concerning.
Australia’s High Court announced its decision Wednesday to hear an appeal of Cardinal George Pell who was found guilty in late 2018 of sexually abusing a choirboy in the mid-1990s.
Australia’s former foreign minister Alexander Downer has said Australia would wind back intelligence sharing with the United Kingdom if left-wing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins on 12 December.
(AFP) — Beijing on Thursday criticised as “fictitious” a report by British politicians claiming there was “alarming evidence” of Chinese interference on university campuses.
An Australian woman with 200 tattoos said she went blind for three weeks after having her eyeballs inked blue.
All Australian Defence Force veterans will now be eligible for special discounts as a way of thanking them for their service. The rewards come via a special card released Sunday by the Federal government on behalf of a grateful nation.
Police in Australia made a sizzling hot bust after they seized millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in nearly 800 sriracha sauce bottles.
The Australian government is reportedly proposing the use of facial recognition technology to verify the age of those who seek to watch pornography online.
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said on Friday that he and other officials will “call out” China for “foreign interference in universities” and cyberattacks used to steal intellectual properties.
Australian and Fijian soldiers will be deployed to a disputed region between Syria and Israel on a United Nations peace-keeping mission.
Iran released two travel bloggers from three months detention on Saturday after they were arrested for flying a drone near a military zone without a license.
An Australian man has pulled his son out of a local school for upsetting students by teaching alarmist climate change theory as a scientific fact.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit out at the United Nations on Thursday, saying he did not want to see global organisations interfering in the governance of independent nations and “demanding conformity” of words, thoughts and actions.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stands by his phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as a “simple granting of a very reasonable request” to a “trusted and respected ally.”
Ten hospitals across the United States and Australia were victims of ransomware attacks that hijacked computer systems, forcing some of the hospitals to turn away all but the most critical patients.
Australia is just one small part of the dancing girls and fireworks being used to distract us from the fact that a basis for impeachment does not exist.
Trump asked the Australian prime minister to assist Attorney General William Barr in tracking down information regarding the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
“Today is a very dark day for New South Wales,” said Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher Thursday in reference to the passage of a new law legalizing abortion in the Australian state, whose capital is Sydney.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday emphasized environmental issues and maritime sovereignty, concluding with some criticism of climate activists for using children to accomplish their political objectives.
The presence of foreign naval and land forces creates “insecurity” in the Gulf and they should “stay away”, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, issuing his warning after the U.S. ordered the deployment of more troops to the troubled region.
First Lady Melania Trump greeted Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his wife, Jennifer Morrison, at the White House on Friday for a state dinner in shades of cool blues — a nod to the island nation’s aquatic lifestyle down under.
President Donald Trump welcomed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the White House on Friday, and one young guest on the White House lawn was overjoyed when the president stopped and shook his hand.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in Washington, DC, Thursday for a week-long U.S. visit, promising to lay the foundations for another 100 years of friendship between the two staunch allies.
Japan, South Africa, and Australia have been denied a platform to speak at next week’s international climate summit, as their support for coal contradicts U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres’s personal drive for a global emergency on climate change.
Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it joined Australia, Bahrain and the United Kingdom in a US-led maritime coalition to secure the Mideast’s waterways amid threats from Iran after an attack targeting its crucial oil industry.
Britain’s top trade envoy said Wednesday that she expected to strike a free trade deal with Australia within months of leaving the European Union.
Cardinal George Pell filed an appeal in Australia’s High Court Tuesday, insisting that he is innocent of sexually abusing a choirboy in the mid-1990s.
A New Zealand seafront town has banned a replica of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour from docking there to mark 250 years since the explorer’s arrival after an outcry from the local indigenous Māori community.
A butcher shop in Australia has refused to change signage that declares its products are “not halal certified,” in defiance of advertising authorities alleging it was “inciting hatred” towards Islamic people by advertising its wares in such a way.
During a weekend exchange with reporters Robert “Beto” O’Rourke explained he plans to use fines to “compel” American gun owners to comply with his AR-15 ban.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter have all reportedly rejected a proposal from Australia’s media regulator to implement an industry code of conduct on fake news. An association representing the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe argue that the rules would make the government “a truth verification body.”
The UFC’s Octagon Girls are under a threat of being banned in Australia, because the tradition is “sexist” and “outdated,” according to several local politicians.
Two women who are dual British-Australian citizens and an Australian man have been detained in Iran, one of them sentenced to 10 years in prison, Australia’s government and media said Wednesday.
Tough qualification rules and a preferrence for skilled workers has seen the number of migrants granted permanent residency in Australia fall to its lowest level in a decade.
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott advised Britain on Monday to set a cap on skilled migration to avoid being “swamped” in a post-Brexit world.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered his own department to remove gender-neutral signage on bathroom doors, lambasting them as “ridiculous.”