Majority of Australians want the carbon tax repealed but don't want Prime Minister Tony Abbott's direct action plan as an alternative policy. In a new poll, 57 per cent of Australians rejects Labour's carbon tax law and only 12 per cent believes in Mr Abbott's policy.
Reissa Su
Nov 25, 2013
Groups with different ideological beliefs saw a blessing in disguise amidst the AU-Indo feud
Athena Yenko
Nov 25, 2013
Climate change negotiators representing 195 countries have reached an agreement to some provisions on the climate pact to fight global warming.
Reissa Su
Nov 25, 2013
Mark Textor, the political adviser of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has worsened the already bad ties between Australia and Indonesia due to his tweets, had quit Twitter.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 25, 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has bowed down to pressure and admitted on Saturday to have written a letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a bid to settle the diplomatic row between the two countries.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 25, 2013
Australia is beginning to feel the wrath of Indonesia, following the diplomatic fallout due to leaks provided by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that Canberra wiretapped the phone of Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 25, 2013
The Labour party has accused the New Zealand government of deliberately withholding information about the risks of deep-sea oil drilling off the Kaikoura coast. According to Labour leader David Cunliffe, documents have surfaced indicating Environment Minister Amy Adams had secretly kept the risks from going public to protect Anadarko's proposed oil-drilling site.
Reissa Su
Nov 22, 2013
Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison may land in some legal trouble with his aggressive policy to stop asylum-seeking-people through boats. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) of the Northern Territory (NT) says Mr Morrison is guilty of child abuse and is proposing to report him to the Department of Child Protection.
Sunny Peter
Nov 22, 2013
Indonesians expressed their outrage over claims that Australia had been spying on the Indonesian government. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to apologise to Indonesia in the heat of the spying scandal. The Twitter hashtag #GanyangAustralia became the Indonesians’ online crusade against Australia. The hashtag, when translated, means “Crush Australia.”
Reissa Su
Nov 22, 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot had to distance himself from his Liberal Party ally Mark Textor following the adviser's insensitive comments on the Indonesian foreign minister, multiple sources reported on Thursday.
Mon Imperial
Nov 22, 2013
Tasmania becomes the third Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise abortion.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Nov 22, 2013
Mark Textor, the campaign strategist of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, sparked a Twitter outrage among Indonesian because he described Indonesia Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa as a look-alike of a 1970s Filipino porn star.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 22, 2013
There is a stronger push for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to apologise to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for eavesdropping on his phone calls.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 22, 2013
Diplomatic row between Indonesia and Australia following the spying scandal took a turn for the worst, after an Australian flag was burnt in the city of Yogyakarta and hardline “Red and White Brigade” organised a protest outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta. In a related incident Anonymous Indonesia and hacker group in the country, claimed credit for attacks that briefly shutting down the Australian Federal Police site and affected the Australian Reserve Bank.
Sunny Peter
Nov 21, 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Fed minutes indicate a likely tapering in coming months.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 21, 2013
There's news of reportedly "malevolent" shysters who are damaging the country in more ways than one and blaming Australia's Tony Abbott for it.
Sigrid Salucop
Nov 21, 2013
Member-nations of the G20 may be saying goodbye to hopes of ever having a strong and effective action plan against climate change when Australia takes over the leadership in December. International observers find no evidence that the country is taking the global issue of climate change seriously.
Reissa Su
Nov 21, 2013
Australia and U.S. enters an agreement for U.S. Marines to train in Australia’s top-end
Athena Yenko
Nov 21, 2013
Senator Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright are accused of bribery and fraud by the RCMP.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Nov 21, 2013
The diplomatic relations between Australia and Indonesia further worsened on Thursday as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the suspension of cooperation on people smuggling and military cooperation over the spying row.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 21, 2013
Bad luck continues to hound the infamous Ford brothers in Toronto as they lost a TV show just one day after the programme's debut. Sun News Network cancelled Ford Nation, which was hosted by Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Councillor Doug Ford.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 21, 2013
As the diplomatic war of words between Indonesia and Australia surges, NewsCorp Australia reveals how Mr Howard reacted to revelations made by the Indonesian spymaster General Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono.
Sunny Peter
Nov 20, 2013
Australia's reputation as a valuable force in developing an international climate policy has been trashed largely due to its poor ranking in the recent climate change performance index and its inability to send a representative for the United Nations' climate change talks in Warsaw, Poland. Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to support the green climate fund supported by the United Nations.
Reissa Su
Nov 20, 2013
It seems Canadian PM Stephen Harper may be forced to reconsider his word on maintaining the number of the country's military ranks.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Nov 20, 2013
Former NSW Premier Nathan Rees tangled in sex-for-benefit scandal with a constituent
Athena Yenko
Nov 20, 2013
Riding a bike used to be a great way for exercise and it's still is but the formerly fun activity is now a looming hazard in Australia's streets.
Sigrid Salucop
Nov 20, 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian dollar benefits from comments that China may expand the daily CNY trading band (currently +/- 1%) and establish a managed float.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 20, 2013
To protect her from future rampages of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, the brothers of Councillor Pam McConneell are planning to provide her more protection such as a helmet. The added measure is in response to their elderly and diminutive politician sister suffering a fat lip on Monday after the mayor hit her while trying to protect his brother engaged in verbal tussle with the council audience.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 20, 2013
Due to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's continued refusal to apologise for the phone tapping on several Indonesian officials, Jakarta is downgrading its relationship with Canberra, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Tuesday night.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 20, 2013
Taxis play a major part in the urban landscape and nearly impossible to picture a city without them. Cabbies of Adelaide have something to be fearful about. There has been an increase in nighttime beatings that have taken place in recent months. Many drivers have avoided driving at night to escape the wave of violent assaults.
Hannah Puyat
Nov 19, 2013