Australia
Pacific Blue Launches Perth - Phuket Flights
Pacific Blue has launched direct flights between Perth in Australia and Phuket in southern Thailand.
Australian PM says sorry to Britons forcibly shipped to Australia as children
The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, today apologised to the surviving British children who were forcibly shipped to Australia during the last century. More than 150,000 British children, most of them from deprived backgrounds, were sent to ...
Oily Aussie protesters in bikinis oppose spill in Timor Sea
Protesters in Perth's CBD have smeared oil over their bikini-clad bodies to protest against the oil spill in the Timor Sea, leaking for more than two months.
'Incompetent' Aussie woman caused two fatal crashes at same spot
A FEMALE driver who killed two motorists at the same intersection seven years apart has been criticised as incompetent by a coroner.
Australia PM seeks migrant help
Australia's prime minister has made a personal plea to the Indonesian president to prevent a boatload of Sri Lankan migrants reaching Australia.
Melbourne Victory sign Thailand striker Sutee Suksomkit
A-League champions Melbourne Victory have signed Thailand striker Sutee Suksomkit as a guest player, from Singapore club Tampines Rovers.
Australian town bans bottled water
Sydney - Bundanoon on Saturday became the first town in Australia, and possibly the world, to ban the sale of bottled water. The 2,500 residents voted in July to stop shops from stocking single-use bottles and switch to retailing bottles that are ...
Sydney hit by dust storm again
SYDNEY — Sydney was again bathed in an eerie glow Saturday as dust from Australia's red desert centre settled over the city for the second time this week.
Freak dust storm cost Australia 'tens of millions'
SYDNEY — Australia cleared up on Thursday after the worst dust storm in decades which smothered Sydney and cost an estimated tens of millions of dollars in lost productivity.
Largest dust storms in 70 years cover Sydney
A vast dust storm that blew in from the dry deserts of Australia's red centre has blanketed the country's largest city and eastern coast in a crimson fog, causing widespread traffic chaos and severe flight delays.
'Australian Fritzl' raped daughter for 30 years, fathered 4 with her
An Australian man has been charged with incest after he allegedly raped his daughter almost daily and fathered her four children over a 30-year period.
Australia and Thailand in war games
The Australian and Thai navies are taking to the high seas for a war games exercise. They'll be fine tuning their skills in the joint maritime operation, Austhai`09.
More Aussies dying in foreign lands
THE number of Australians dying overseas rocketed as an increasing number of travellers took advantage of cheap international airfares.
Australian Water Minister Rescued After 2 Days Missing
Tim Holding, the Australian lawmaker missing for two days in alpine territory in the country’s southeast, was found by police this morning and winched by a helicopter to safety.
Australia defends controversial Aborigines policy
Australia has defended a controversial policy that allows for official intervention in remote aboriginal communities, which a UN expert says is discriminatory.
UN Representative Criticizes Australia's Aboriginal Policies as Racist
A U.N. representative says Australia's intervention in dozens of troubled Aboriginal communities is discriminatory and breaches the country's international human-rights obligations.
Plugging Australian oil leak could take weeks
PERTH, Australia — Plugging a leak at an offshore drilling rig that has caused an oil slick off Australia will take weeks, the operator said Sunday, though officials said there was little threat of environmental damage.
Australian PM says China relations 'challenging'
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described relations with China as challenging Thursday, after a series of bruising rows strained diplomatic ties between the major trading partners.
Australia targets 20% renewable energy by 2020
SYDNEY — Australia on Thursday passed a clean energy law requiring the country to produce 20 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020 in move that could draw billions of dollars of green investment.
Pacific Blue to launch Perth-Phuket service
Pacific Blue plans to launch direct flight from Perth in Australia to the Thai beach resort island of Phuket from 14 November.