POLITICS & POLICY

The problem with this government is that it takes an eternity for it to act on crucial law enforcement laws, Michelle Roberts, Australian State Opposition's police spokeswoman, ranted on Tuesday.

Lesbian lovers, Rehana Kausar and Sobia Kamar defied Muslim religion as they exchange their vows in a registry office in London

The Google Inc.'s executive top brass has finally commented on the recent spate of calls that the company has had from UK's tax officials. The edgy-criticism came from Google Inc.'s executive chairman Eric Schmidt who is commonly recognized for his snappy 'don't be evil' phrases.

Planets Jupiter, Mercury and Venus are currently performing their exceptional dance in the night sky and they will carry on for the rest of the week. Captured images of the 2013 Dance of the Planets are now being shared on the social networking site Twitter for online viewers to see.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened almost unchanged this morning after a quiet offshore session overnight.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has accused China of stealing the blueprints of the agency's new headquarters in Canberra. The blueprints, which contain highly confidential and sensitive information on the new ASIO base, were reportedly stolen from a contractor involved with the project.

He was supposed to take care of the elderly and infantile, but the reversed happened almost two years ago. Nurse Roger Kingsley Dean, who initially said the blaze that gutted down Quakers Hill nursing home in Sydney was an accident, on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of 11 elderly people.

A 17-year-old American from Oregon is facing charges of attempted murder for planning to stage a bomb attack in his school, the West Albany High School.

Development of renewable energy has come in a standstill as Australia waits for September election results

Sydney Archbishop George Pell will be facing the Vatican parliamentary today on child abuse sex inquiry. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says the archbishop should be honest to the committee. Archbishop Pell should be apologetic and frank, Napthine added.

A Commander of a battalion faces investigation on his alleged sexual misconduct.

While the world is fascinated with the merits of 3D printing which gave way to the concept of the 3D printed gun and the 3D printed bullet, global crime and violence experts are in a frenzy how to spot the potential terrorism menace that could go with it.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened slightly weaker this morning after a reasonably uneventful offshore session on Friday night.

Tony Abbott is gunning for Australia’s next Prime Minister Position and former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello believes he can win. Abbott faces stiff competition from current PM Julia Gillard but Costello thinks otherwise – even if Abbott strips naked Costello believes he can win.

The Australian government has announced a $141 million dollar aid to the Philippines for fiscal year 2013-2014 to fund basic services, education reform, public-private partnerships and community-based programs on climate change and conflict.

The terrorist scare has gone up the scale for the last several years. From the Boston Marathon bombing to Woolwich killing and other suicide bomb incidents, terrorism is a primary concern for many governments. In its bid to curtail and prevent terrorism and related attacks, the Australian Government publication released a new list of readily available ingredients and chemicals that can be used for improvised explosives.

Police officials in the state of New South Wales have personally downloaded, created and experimented with the 3D-printed gun "The Liberator" and found the plastic gun will hit both target and owner.

Venezuela is running out of toilet paper supply and this has become a major economic debate

Apart from the two madmen who went berserk on Wednesday afternoon, local police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder 25-year-old British soldier, Lee Rigby.

2013 Report from Amnesty International points out that the world is no more a safe place for immigrants

In the midst of Ford's decision to ship out of Australia, Holden and Toyota express their intent to stay put in Australia, at least for now. Toyota is even pointing to its $330 million new engine production facility that is meant to cater locally and the whole of Asia.

The British soldier hacked to death in the streets of Woolwich has been identified. Lee Rigby was a 25-year-old father. He went to war in Afghanistan and fought the Talibans according to the Ministry of Defense.

Australia lost on Thursday a popular and well-loved former first lady, Hazel Hawke, who passed away at the age of 83 after a battle with complications of dementia.

China has finally lifted the ban it imposed on New Zealand's lamb mutton and beef meat products.

Armed with meat cleaver and knives, two young mean hacked a young soldier in Woolwich to death. The video of a young man waving a blooded knife and cleaver caused uproar in what Prime Minister David Cameron slammed as a possible terrorist attack.

Mars Curiosity rover photos have drawn much attention from space science enthusiasts and UFO observers. The latest "structures" include rock formations seen as some ruins and some kind of missile. But who knows - could these image interpretations be merely a result of rich and playful imagination?

A drone strike in September 2011 killed had deliberately killed four Americans

Right smack under the broad afternoon Wednesday daylight, as two crazed men wielded terror and attacked and decapitated a UK soldier in Woolwich, David Cameron's country proved yet its bravery when a 48-year old mother walked right into the crime scene and talked with the emotionally charged madmen. Right then and there, it was a face-off between terror and bravery at its finest hour.

Stocks ended Wednesday broadly lower after a rollercoaster day of trading, as investors sorted through mixed signals from the Federal Reserve on the outlook for monetary policy.