Tag: Canberra

The first same-sex weddings are expected to take place in Australia in early 2018. Australia’s Parliament has voted to approve ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday presented credentials to 3 Ambassadors and a High Commissioner to safeguard and promote ...

Britain's defence secretary Wednesday made a strong push to build Australia's next fleet of warships, saying the frigates he proposes ...

The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some ...

Hundreds of refugees being held at a remote Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite uncertainty ...

All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett's return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT Brumbies as New Zealand look ...

The painstaking search for missing flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep valleys and soaring ...

Australia will join Sri Lanka in its war on dengue fever, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, as the virus ...

Australia has created a super ministry combining its security agencies including the domestic spy service, border force and national police, ...

As Australia's local merchants struggle with an influx of global names, leading malls are considering returning to their village centre ...

The abrupt departure of American officials from an Australian Pacific island refugee camp has fanned fears among asylum-seekers that plans ...

An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia ...

Canterbury Crusaders and the Golden Lions are embroiled in a final-round battle this weekend to claim the top rankings spot ...

Australia has bought back most of a contentious mining licence issued for a huge Chinese-run coal mine near prime agricultural ...

UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list ...

Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli makes his return from a lengthy injury for the ACT Brumbies but cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano's ...

A Chinese state-run newspaper accused Australia of spying on China and stealing its technology on Thursday, weeks after Beijing rejected ...

Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic militants ...

Australia Thursday lifted a suspension on military air missions over Syria imposed after the shooting down of a Syrian jet ...

Detainees at a controversial Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea won Aus$70 million ($53 million) in compensation on Wednesday ...