The Australians washing their way to better mental health
When Luke Terry decided to set up a business, hiring unemployed people with mental illnesses to do laundry for hotels and hospitals in eastern Australia, his friends laughed. “I’d never really…
Embattled Australian deputy PM faces call to step down as party leader
Australia‘s embattled deputy prime minister, under pressure over an extramarital affair, has faced a call to step down as leader of his party, the first such call from a member…
Australian leader to raise China, Trans-Pacific trade deal in Trump talks
China’s rising power and a resurgent trans-Pacific trade pact will be at the top of the agenda when Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald Trump meet in Washington…
Australia says open to UK joining Pacific trade group after Brexit
Australia says it will be open to the idea of Britain joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade group after it leaves the European Union. But Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, visiting Britain…
Malcolm Turnbull in damage control as scandal undermines deputy PM
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has brushed aside suggestions of a rift in his coalition government, saying there were “no issues” between the Liberal and National parties in the wake…
Australian govt fractures as deputy PM calls Turnbull ‘inept’
A major rift has opened up in Australia‘s coalition government as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refused to resign over an affair with a staff member, and blasted Prime Minister Malcolm…
Turnbull to ban affairs between ministers and staff
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says ministers will be banned from sexual relationships with staff under a new code of conduct to be enacted in the wake of his deputy…
For Australian winemakers, Chinese relationships are bearing fruit
Wang Zhe, a wealthy Chinese businessman from Guangzhou, liked his glass of decade-old Chardonnay at an Australian winery so much he wanted more. So he asked to buy the entire vintage.…
UN urges Australia to take responsibility for refugees
The United Nations has called on Australia to take responsibility for around 800 refugees and asylum seekers stranded in a detention centre on Papua New Guinea where it said many…
UN says Papua New Guinea has ‘duty’ to care for refugees sent by Australia
Papua New Guinea has been told by the United Nations’ top human rights official that it is obligated to take care of hundreds of refugees sent there by Australia. Zeid…
