Australia same sex marriage survey draws 78.5 pct response rate
Around 12.6 million Australians, or 78.5 percent of eligible voters, have voted so far in a postal ballot on whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, the Bureau of Statistics said.…
Malcolm Turnbull to force lawmakers to declare citizenship to end political crisis
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to force all lawmakers to declare they are not dual nationals as he seeks to defuse a political crisis that saw his…
Australia turns down NZ offer to take asylum seekers barricaded inside camp
Australia has turned down an offer to take 150 asylum seekers being held in an Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea, where UN officials have warned a humanitarian emergency is…
Australians protest against unfolding ’emergency’ in offshore detention camp
More than 1,000 people have protested in Australia against the treatment of hundreds of asylum seekers in an offshore detention centre that the United Nations has described as an “unfolding…
North Richmond to host a trial on a safe injecting room amid soaring heroin overdoses
A two-year trial for a safe injecting room in North Richmond has been green-lighted by the Victorian Government. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who previously opposed the trial changed his mind…
Asylum seekers barricaded in Papua New Guinea camp call for aid
Asylum seekers refusing to leave a detention centre in Papua New Guinea have begun digging wells to try find water as their food supplies dwindled, in a stand-off that human rights…
Asylum seekers barricaded inside Papua New Guinea camp, await court ruling
Hundreds of asylum seekers barricaded inside a detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have woken up to find power and water supplies cut to the compound as they await a court…
Tennis: No guarantee of Australian Open wildcard for Tomic
Tennis Australia has reached out to Bernard Tomic out of concern for his “health and wellbeing” during a steep rankings slide but has offered no guarantees of a wildcard to the Australian Open…
A century on, charge of the Australian light cavalry remembered in Israel
An “Australian light horse brigade” of history enthusiasts rode through the Israeli desert town of Beersheba on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of a World War One cavalry charge that helped…
Tension rises as Australia starts to dismantle Papua New Guinea detention centre
Australian private security has vacated an asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of its planned closure, detainees said, leaving about 600 refugees and asylum seekers barricaded…
