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CANBERRA: Michael McCormack is elected as the Leader of The Nationals

Australia's New Deputy Prime Minister Once Wrote A Shocking Anti-LGBTQ Rant

Michael McCormack has since apologised for the hateful rhetoric.

26/02/2018 4:27 PM AEDT

Penny Byrnes work exhibited at The Nauru Files exhibition in Sydney Australia

Australian Artists Powerfully Call Attention To Child Abuse In Offshore Detention Camp

“There were all these stories that people needed to read but weren’t engaging with.”

09/02/2018 4:24 PM AEDT

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smiles as she answers a question during a media conference in Sydney, Australia, November 5, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray

New Zealand Leader Is Considering An Offer To Bury Her Child's Placenta

“The fact that the suggestion was made and that there were elders alongside me who really acknowledged that ― it felt like a significant gesture.”

06/02/2018 5:03 PM AEDT

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Australia's Spy Agency Moves To Secure Cabinets Filled With Cabinet Secrets

The hundreds of government documents that ended up at a resale store haven’t been confiscated from the media. They’re just going into different containers.

01/02/2018 2:58 PM AEDT

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a joint press conference with New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern (not seen in the picture) in Sydney on November 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Australia Plans To Become Top 10 Defence Exporter In A Decade

The government says Australia currently only sells about $1.5bn to $2.5bn in defence exports a year.

29/01/2018 6:50 PM AEDT

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Fitness App Strava Published 'Heat Map' Details About Secret Military Bases

It was a fluke find, but it’s sparked fears among some security experts.

29/01/2018 6:49 PM AEDT

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Announces Pregnancy

'I’ll be PM & a mum'

19/01/2018 1:45 PM AEDT

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Anti-Cyber Bullying Campaign Launched After Suicide Of Former Akubra Child Model

"Dolly" Everett's parents have asked the bullies to come to her farewell service to "witness the complete devastation you have created.”

11/01/2018 1:06 PM AEDT

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Australia Swelters Through Third Warmest Year On Record

Another notch in 2017's belt. 😒

10/01/2018 2:09 PM AEDT

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African-Australians Fight Racism With #Africangangs Hashtag

'Michael Kirby ain't afraid to take a photo with #AfricanGangs,' wrote one man.

10/01/2018 12:07 PM AEDT

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Moments After Midnight: Same Sex Couples Marry In Australia

Tuesday marked the first day in Australia couples can marry without a waiver.

09/01/2018 10:56 AM AEDT

A relative wears a pin displaying a photograph of children who he said had been sexually abused by the Catholic Church as he stands outside the venue for Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney, Australia, February 29, 2016. Australian Cardinal George Pell said on Sunday the Catholic Church had made "enormous mistakes" as he became the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify on sexual abuse of children in the Church. Pell, 74, held up a Bible as he was sworn in to answer questions by Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in front of victims in a Rome hotel room. REUTERS/David Gray

Australia's Child Sex Abuse Commission Exposes National Tragedy Of Systemic Violence

SYDNEY ― Australia's child sex abuse Royal Commission on Friday handed over its final report to the government in a move that increases pressure on lawmakers, religious groups and civic institutions t...

16/12/2017 7:00 AM AEDT