Strikes threatening to choke Easter weekend air travel
SYDNEY – The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has joined other public sector workers in a growing strike that threatens to paralyse air travel at the nation’s biggest international…
Police arrest two over alleged Islamic State financing
Police say two people have been arrested today by the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) Sydney as part of the ongoing Operation Peqin investigation. They say a 20-year-old man and…
Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines MH370 arrives in Australia
Debris found earlier this month off the southeast African coast which some believe could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight has arrived in Australia for testing, officials said on…
Australia scientists alarmed at new Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching
SYDNEY – Australian scientists managing the Great Barrier Reef have lifted their emergency response to the highest level following the publication of video footage of damage caused by coral bleaching.…
Turnbull: double dissolution election will be called if ABCC bill is not passed
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has recalled Parliament to debate a series of Bills that, if they fail to pass, will lead him to dissolve both houses of parliament and call…
Sydney siege inquest resumes
An inquest into the Sydney Lindt Cafe siege enters its final stage today. The final segment opening this morning is set to examine the siege itself and the police response…
Motor racing-Rosberg wins dramatic Australian Grand Prix
MELBOURNE – Nico Rosberg has won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes after Ferrari’s challenge was squandered by a bungled tyre strategy and Fernando Alonso walked away from a…
Thousands rally in nation-wide protests against offshore detention of asylum seekers
MELBOURNE – Thousands of Australians have gathered in rallies in support for asylum seekers, both facing deportation to offshore detention centres and currently being held in PNG and Nauru under…
Chinese nationals arrested for importing drugs
SYDNEY – Twenty-four people, many of them Chinese nationals, have been arrested in Australia and charged with illegally importing drugs, Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator say. The suspects used Australian-based money…
Sydney among first cities to switch off lights for Earth Hour
SYDNEY – Cities on Australia’s east coast were among the first in the world to turn lights out on for the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global lights out event…
