According to a report, Kate Middleton has gone from a size six to an eight after losing much weight for her wedding last April.
More than 60 ordinary Australians arrived at Parliament House this morning to talk about marriage equality with more than 40 MPs from both sides of the house, including cabinet ministers and senior opposition politicians.
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The Australian dollar has rallied strongly overnight as investors once again appear willing to take on more risk following positive news out of Europe.
Minutes from the last US Federal Reserve meeting highlighted that Fed officials discussed a fresh round of bond purchases among other tools to stimulate activity. However officials seemed to be holding back from a third round of QE. The minutes reiterated that the Fed had become a lot more concerned about the economic outlook. Commenting that ´´the risks to the growth outlook...were significant and tilted to the downside´´ and that the recovery is ´´more vulnerable to negative shocks´
Over a thousand hectares of banana plantations in the Philippines have been infected by a disease that has destroyed banana plantations in other Southeast Asian nations, and farm owners on Monday warned agriculture officials that it could wipe out the Philippine banana industry in three years unless it is managed now.
Philippine Embassy officials are expected Thursday to talk to the captain and crew of MV Rena, the stricken cargo ship that is now massively spewing oil in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. MV Rena's captain, Filipino Mauro Balomanga, who was reportedly celebrating his 44th birthday at the time of the crash, has appeared in Tauranga District Court, and is now facing a charge under Section 65 of the Maritime Transport Act of operating a vessel, causing unnecessary danger or risk to a person or p...
Australia’s coal industry today reaffirmed its ongoing determination to argue for a fairer and better carbon tax.
Amid the passage of the carbon tax on Wednesday, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has launched a carbon tax calculator that households and small businesses can use to calculate the rise on their electricity bills.
Australia’s solar industry welcomed the passing of the Clean Energy Future package by the Australian House of Representatives. Parliament has passed the controversial bill by 74 votes to 72 on Wednesday.
Australia is now poised to finally implement a carbon pricing regime, as parliament has passed the controversial bill after more than a decade of debate over the contentious issue.
Master Builders Australia, the peak body for the building and construction sector, has expressed opposition to the government’s plan to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC).
The fact that it heralded Australia's economy into what it is now is an understatement. Its contribution of 5 per cent into the country's GDP is fair enough proof of what the mining sector had done for Australia.
Australia Post registered a net profit of $241 million for the year that ended June, up compared to the $90 million net profit for the same period last year.
Aspirants for the Republican presidential nomination tangled in a live presidential debate hosted by Bloomberg and the Washington Post on one of the most controversial subjects-- the state of the U.S. economy. Who said the most and what on the relevant issues?
U.S. President Barack Obama has not given up the fight to create 1.9 million more jobs in the country despite the Republican block of his $447-billion jobs bill in the Senate on Tuesday night.
The Australian Parliament’s lower house passed the momentous but contentious bill, which is believed to be the most wide-ranging carbon pricing system in the world.
Australia's business and other industry groups are now on the quandary as to the passage of the carbon tax legislation in Congress now waiting for the final stamp of approval in the Senate.
The Australian government remains vigilant in the midst of possible threats from Fascist extremists and other revolutionary groups.
Labor's carbon tax measure is expected to be passed on Wednesday morning by the House of Representatives after the party has secured sufficient support for Clean Energy Future Bill 2011 and 17 associated Bills 74-72.
American prosecutors charged two Iranians on Tuesday for plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. using a hit squad from Mexico's drug cartel.
In a bid to abolish the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC), the federal government has announced it will introduce the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011 into Parliament.
Kate, the future Queen of England, is known for her high fashion choices, but is she willing to give it all up just so she can have a modest and regal reputation?
John Lloyd, the Director of the Institute of Public Affairs Work Reform and Productivity Unit, today called on the Opposition and non-government members of the Parliament to oppose a bill to abolish the office of Australian Building and Construction Commissioner.
See why Prince William is proud to be the husband of such a regal and elegant woman in her best "queen-to-be" outfits.
China, the world's biggest consumer of iron ore raw material, on Monday launched its own iron ore price index in a bid to gain a foothold in the global pricing of the raw commodity.
South Australian parents shouldn't take their infants with them to their beds after the SA health passed new guidelines about safe sleeping.
China unveiled on Monday one of its new towering skyscrapers that Beijing watchers said symbolised the once isolated nation’s ascension to dizzying prosperity while being ruled by a communist government that essentially embraced the basics of capitalism with great success.
Iron ore miner Sundance Resources said on Tuesday that it expects no delay in the Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) decision on the $1.65-billion takeover bid by China's Sichuan Hanlong Mining.
About 60 Marriage Equality representatives from around Australia will travel to Canberra on Wednesday to meet with more than 40 MPs to discuss with Parliamentarians on both sides of the house how marriage equality affects their lives, and the lives of their family and friends.
The Middleton sisters have truly caught the attention of the world as they are set to appear in an episode of E! True Hollywood Story.
