Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has come off its recent highs to start this week of trading below 0.9400.
In another hit on the embattled Abbott government, the latest survey by the Climate Institute found that only 30 per cent of Australians now are against the carbon law of the Gillard administration. That is a big decline from the 52 per cent in 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Thursday marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter in Spanish history. Not only did their wildly successful National Football Team return home after unceremoniously exiting the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the first round, the country also saw the exit of King Juan Carlos, the monarch who has led the country for several years. King Juan Carlos made his abdication official and his son, the Crown Prince Felipe has been sworn in as King Felipe VI and was welcomed to his seat by cheers a...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott feels "very satisfied" with no arrivals of boat people in six months.
Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons facility is now under control by militants.
The government mulls of stripping Aussie jihadists of their dual citizenship – an extreme measure says Scott
Chris McLaughlin, senior vice-president for external affairs at Inmarsat, contradicted Inmarsat's scientist Chris Ashton interview with BBC's Horizon program
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has renewed his offer to set a meeting with Clive Palmer to work in smoothening relations with crossbench senators.
The New Zealand government has rejected a proposal for underwater mining for iron ore deposits said to be threatening the sanctuary of the rare and endangered Maui dolphins. According to the country's Environmental Protection Authority, the project was scrapped due to the "uncertainty" about the environmental effects off the coast of New Zealand.
A corpse weighing 200-kilogram was denied by a morgue for being too-fat
Amid the Iraq crisis, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has recently announced Australia is giving $5 million humanitarian aid.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is considerably stronger after the US Federal Reserve surprised when it revised economic growth forecasts downwards overnight.
The Australian Labour and Greens parties have challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to a double dissolution election after the Senate has voted down a bill to scrap the Clean Energy Finance Corporation for the second time.
With the chance of the 2014 El Niño weather phenomenon still going, dairy and beef farmers in Australia have been advised to brace for potential impacts on the industry.
From an initial July impact forecast, the Australia's Bureau of Meteorology announced the El Niño weather phenomenon seemed to lag behind and might probably develop by September, even as it saw a deceleration in Pacific Ocean warming associated with the weather pattern.
SMS rates are expected to drop following a decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The New Zealand Greens has accused the government of further endangering the rare Maui "hobbit" dolphin by opening its habitat to oil exploration and drilling.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded to a fresh one-week low, following dovish comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday and offshore moves into
the USD overnight.
Oklahoma meteorologist Danielle Dozier of local KOCO-TV just got on air and was about to deliver her live morning weather report when the walls of the studio around her rattled from an earthquake.
A provision in the proposed Coalition budget that broke then Opposition leader Tony Abbott's promise not to impose a new tax was approved in the Australian Senate on Tuesday.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is stretching his final effort to win a seat in the United Nations Security Council as he arrives in the U.S.
Prime Minister Tony Abbot told parliament Monday that the situation in Iraq can give birth to a terrorist state
American President Barack Obama has sent 275 armed forces personnel to Iraq to provide support and security for the U.S. personnel and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD sits perilously close to 0.9400, almost exactly where it went out at the end of last week.
A new Oxfam survey has revealed a great disparity between Australia's rich and poor. According to Oxfam's report "Still the Lucky Country?" the gap continues to grow as Australia's wealthiest were found to be not paying enough tax.
It is about time to know if Argentina manages to win the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. However, the South American nation lost another significant battle on Monday, June 16 when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Argentina’s plea to pay holdout hedge funds in accordance with its restructured debt offers.
Hillary Clinton called Canada as an “indispensable partner” of the United States on the world stage.
Australia's Trade Minister Andrew Robb has described U.S. President Barack Obama's climate change plan as having "no action associated with it." Robb said the president's bid to cut power-plant emissions in the U.S. lacks substance.
US-Iran alliance may happen soon as violence in Iraq escalate to uncontrollable level
Mass killings by Islamist militants were posted on Twitter; as military killed 279 in 24 hours; Bishop urged Aussies to leave Iraq ASAP
