Australian PM says govt at risk if it loses Sydney by-election
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said his government’s future was at risk if it lost a Sydney by-election this weekend and failed to regain its one-seat majority, forcing it…
Prominent Australian opposition lawmaker quits over claims of China links
A prominent Australian opposition senator, Sam Dastyari, said on Tuesday he would resign from parliament after a series of allegations emerged about his links with Chinese-aligned interests in Australia. Relations…
China complains to Australia over Turnbull comments on interference
China said on Friday it had lodged a complaint with Australia after its prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said he took reports very seriously that China’s Communist Party had sought to…
Aussie actor Geoffrey Rush sues newspaper over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ report
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush says he has filed a defamation lawsuit against Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper after it published a report about a complaint alleging inappropriate conduct. The newspaper article…
Australia celebrates “day for love” as it allows same-sex marriage
Australia has become the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a country where some states ruled homosexual acts to…
Australian citizenship threatens government with nine more MPs in doubt
Australia faces a series of by-elections that could topple the government, which trails in opinion polls and has lost its slender majority, in a bizarre citizenship crisis that has engulfed…
Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruption
Australia‘s competition regulator says it will investigate whether US online giants Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google have disrupted the news media market to the detriment of publishers and consumers. Like…
Embattled Australian PM says he will lead govt to next election
Australia’s embattled conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has shaken off speculation about the security of his leadership, declaring he will lead his coalition government into the next election in 2019.…
Australia’s former deputy PM wins by-election in coalition boost
Australia‘s former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has cleared the way for his return to parliament, winning a by-election just over a month after he was kicked out over a…
Tesla switches on giant battery to shore up Australia’s grid
Tesla Inc HAS switched on the world’s biggest lithium ion battery in time to feed Australia‘s shaky power grid for the first day of summer, meeting a promise by Elon…
