POLITICS & POLICY

Bruce Wilson, an ex-boyfriend of erstwhile Prime Minister Julia Gillard and a former union official, hit a photographer on Monday outside the royal commission where there is an ongoing investigation into union corruption.

Sarah Bajc, girlfriend of IBM Malaysia employee Philip Wood, receives death threats from a Chinese number.

Speaking with Mashable, CNN explains why it has such an “obsession” with MH370 coverage

Speaking with Popular Mechanics Magazine, John Goglia, former member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said all decisions made by the Australian team were the right thing to do.

Australia will be allotting A$82 billion ($77 billion) into a road infrastructure plan in a bid to encourage investment into its fizzling economy spurred by a fading mining boom.

Controversial Canadian politician Rob Ford has been confirmed to be in rehab for a residential treatment programme for substance abuse.

As part of the Abbott government's cost-cutting measures to be announced this week in the budget, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will axe 3,000 jobs, reports said.

Besides suffering a drastic reduction in its approval rating because of its planned deficit tax, the Abbott government is not only losing the trust of voters and ordinary Australians, but even corporate Australia.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has described Prime Minister Tony Abbott's asylum seeker policy a failure as boats continue to arrive. On May 5, two groups of asylum seekers were turned back which has added pressure to the already strained relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

Tom Kludt has observed CNN "has gotten a bit carried away with the somewhere else" and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of the Malaysian aircraft.

Federal Communications Commission has received massive opposition from over 100 leading Internet companies over the proposed net neutrality plan, which is aimed at regulating the online providers' management of Web traffic.

Hollywood stars such as Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and more have joined in the #BringBackOurGirls campaign rally against the government of Nigeria and its president Goodluck Jonathan.

Nations around the world have started conducting respective preparations in anticipation of a strong El Niño weather occurrence this 2014.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Daughter Frances smokes in public, tainting Australia’s strict tobacco policy

Netizens were quick to react on Twitter with the hashtag #tummyeggs over the unfortunate use of the word "tummy" by Australian MP Geoff Shaw as he explained his point on the radical abortion bill he proposed.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan may be out of power for almost a year now since PM Julia Gillard lost in a party coup, but his voice is heard once again in response to the much-hated proposal of the Coalition to impose a deficit tax.

Controversial cull policy off Western Australia reported 170 sharks caught but not a single white shark

Nigeria has asked for Canada’s help with ‘surveillance equipment and other vital security hardware” so that 276 kidnapped schoolgirls could be located.

Yingluck Shinawatra is no longer Thailand's Prime Minister after a court found her guilty of abusing power that led to a prolonged political crisis that has spurred a number of violent protests.

How ‘confident’ is Australia in leading the search for the missing MH370?

U.S. Secret Service went berserk and haywire on Tuesday when a man driving a gray Honda Civic was able to breach protocol and joined a motorcade carrying the Obama daughters through a security checkpoint near the presidential mansion.

The much-despised deficit tax to be imposed on Australians is almost a done deal, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said on Wednesday after emerging for a federal cabinet meeting.

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott may have prevented a war of words with Indonesia by calling Indonesia's president, Susilo Bambang Yudyuhono. Mr Abbott expressed his "regret" for not accepting the president's invitation to visit Indonesia this week. Amid the asylum seeker boat issue and the budget deficits, public support for Mr Abbott's Coalition has dropped to its lowest in four years. The Abbott government is preparing to raise the pension age in Australia and reduce w...

The New Zealand government has offered cash to unemployed Kiwis in exchange for work in Christchurch. On May 6, the government has announced it will give welfare beneficiaries NZ$3,000 to relocate in the city and find a full-time job in the ongoing rebuilding of the quake-damaged city.

An Egyptian TV Station claims it found proof that US had conspired to sparked the Arab Spring revolutions

From mere speculation, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the high probability of an emerging El Niño at 70 per cent and that it will begin to be felt as early as July.

A new law passed on Monday, May 5 that would now ban swearing in every form of event related to arts, culture and entertainment in Russia.

The diplomatic relationship between neighbours Australia and Indonesia is far from healed caused by the spying scandal in 2013. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recent decision to decline an invitation from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a Bali conference may have even added to the gap.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will surely deny it, but he is now experiencing his Julia Gillard moment as latest surveys showed a drastic drop in the Coalition's approval rating from Aussie voters over his proposed deficit tax.