Australia far-right party rejects proposed tax cut, adding to PM’s woes
SYDNEY – Australia’s far-right One Nation party says it will not support the government’s proposed corporate tax cut, all but ending Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s hope for a policy victory…
Australian lawmaker pushes to end live sheep exports, threatens govt balance
SYDNEY – An Australian backbencher has introduced legislation to parliament to ban the export of live sheep after the death of 2,400 animals on a ship bound for the Middle East,…
Australia toughens welfare standards for live animal exports after death of 2,400 sheep
Australia will require ships carrying live cattle and sheep exports to have an independent observer to ensure welfare standards, after 2,400 sheep died from heat stress, sparking calls for a…
Australia’s “Man with the Golden Arm” gives blood for last time
Australian James Harrison, known as the “Man with the Golden Arm”, has donated his life-saving blood for the last time. Harrison, 81, has an antibody in his blood that is…
Australia probes claim Google harvests data, consumers pay
Google is under investigation in Australia following claims that it collects data from millions of Android smartphones users, who unwittingly pay their telecom service providers for gigabytes consumed during the harvesting, regulators…
Australia govt trails opposition after voter-friendly budget: polls
Australia‘s centre-right government has trailed the opposition in two opinion polls released today, suggesting that last week’s voter-friendly budget had not delivered a much-needed boost for the ruling coalition, an…
Australian scientist, 104, plans to kill himself with ‘Swiss option’
A 104-year-old Australian scientist travelled to Switzerland to end his life, telling a news conference on Wednesday the nation’s liberal assisted suicide laws let him commit suicide legally, in contrast…
Five more Australian MPs leave parliament after court’s citizenship ruling
Australia faces a series of by-elections after the High Court ruled an 11th lawmaker must leave parliament in a test-case decision that prompted four more lawmakers to quit amid a widening…
Australia budget sees early return to surplus, cuts personal taxes
Australia‘s centre-right government has said in its annual budget that it would return the country’s finances to a small surplus in 2019/20, a year earlier than planned and after almost…
Australia says hundreds likely to languish in Pacific camps
Hundreds of asylum-seekers held in Australian-run detention centres in the Pacific are likely to remain there indefinitely as no other country is willing to resettle them, Minister for Home Affairs…
