New Zealand PM confirms Barnaby Joyce is a NZ citizen
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed that Australia’s Barnaby Joyce is a citizen of the country because his father was born there. On Monday morning, the Deputy Prime Minister…
Australian report into child sex abuse wants to break confessional seal
An Australian report into child sex abuse has recommended new laws to compel clergy to report sex abuse allegations they hear in religious confession. Current laws in most Australian states…
Australian deputy PM says he may not be eligible for parliament
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he may not be eligible for parliament after being told he may be a dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand, potentially posing a threat…
Bags of cash: how money launderers used Commonwealth Bank of Australia
In a run-down mall in one of Sydney’s biggest Chinese neighbourhoods in 2015, 29-year-old Jizhang Lu showed up at the top-floor offices of a meat export company carrying a carrier…
Australia governance talks end in deadlock as FIFA deadline looms
Talks on establishing a new governance model for Australian soccer have ended in stalemate despite the presence of a FIFA “mission” to help break the impasse before November’s deadline. Football Federation Australia (FFA)…
Australian corporate watchdog launches fresh probe into Commonwealth Bank
Australia‘s corporate regulator says its conducting an investigation into Commonwealth Bank of Australia after the financial intelligence agency sued the bank for alleged breaches of money-laundering and terror financing laws. Australian Securities…
Vietnamese Australian couple desperately raising funds to treat their sick new born
A Melbourne man and his Vietnamese partner are raising money to bring their newborn from Vietnam to Australia in order for her to receive life-saving operations. Tim Maclatchy and Tram…
Pregnant mum who attempted to smuggle 12 Vietnamese nationals into the UK found guilty
A pregnant mother-of-four has been found guilty of trying to smuggle 12 Vietnamese migrants into the UK. Katy Bethel, 28, and then-partner Aaron Harris were arrested in July 2015 after…
Police arrest 17 in Australia, Dubai, Netherlands drug raids
Police in Australia, Dubai and the Netherlands have arrested 17 people and seized nearly two tonnes of narcotics in raids the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said had broken up two interlinked Middle…
Australia seeks to resolve gay marriage debate this year
Australia will vote in November on whether to allow same-sex marriage, settling a long-stalled debate by the end of this year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says. The conservative government decided on…
