Australian citizenship crisis erodes support for government
Australia‘s government has hit a six-month low in a widely-watched opinion poll, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s one-seat majority in jeopardy over a citizenship crisis which could see three cabinet…
Australian 7-year-old among dead in Barcelona attack
A seven-year-old British-Australian boy was among the 13 people killed when a van driven by a suspected Islamist militant mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona on Thursday, emergency services in the…
Australian PM urges developers to design protection from vehicle attacks
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for developers to incorporate safety features into their projects to prevent militant attacks with vehicles and other weapons as he announced new plans…
Australia’s citizenship crisis spreads, key Senator under a cloud
Australia‘s widening citizenship crisis entangled a seventh politician on Friday, a key independent senator whose support is critical for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to pass legislation through a hostile Senate.…
Sixth Australian politician declares dual nationality
An Australian senator on Thursday became the sixth politician to have their eligibility to sit in parliament questioned over dual citizenship, which proscribesAustralians from being elected to parliament. Fiona Nash,…
Australia’s Hanson wears burqa to parliament in bid to ban them
Australian far-right senator Pauline Hanson has worn a burqa to parliament as part of her campaign to ban the all-enveloping garment worn by some Muslim women, drawing a quick rebuke from the…
Australia proposes stronger money laundering rules, includes bitcoin
Australia has announced a bill to strengthen its money laundering laws, including bringing bitcoin providers under the remit of AUSTRAC, the government’s financial intelligence unit. This would be the first…
Vietnamese crime gangs building indoor marijuana farms in Brisbane
Police in Brisbane are uncovering 10 new drug farm properties a month, many of them run by Vietnamese crime gangs. Brisbane police told Seven News that gangs were nursing sophisticated…
Australia accuses NZ opposition of dirty tricks over citizenship fuss
The Australian government has accused a New Zealand opposition party of conniving to bring it down by revealing that Australia‘s deputy prime minister is a New Zealand citizen, and thus ineligible to…
Australian agency believes it can locate MH370 with ‘unprecedented precision’
Australia’s main scientific agency says it believes with “unprecedented precision and certainty” that a missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft crashed into the sea northeast of an area scoured in a fruitless…
