Asylum-seekers reach remote Cocos Islands
An asylum-seeker vessel carrying 63 passengers has arrived off the Cocos Islands, the first time this year boatpeople have reached the remote atolls, 2750 kilometres northwest of Perth. The boat was intercepted last night one kilometre from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, said Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare. The arrival brings to 2946 the number of More...
Abbott dismisses defamation ‘stunt’
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a union leader’s defamation case against him is a “blatant political try on”. John Setka, the assistant secretary of the Victorian branch of the CFMEU, is suing More...
Australia boosts Afghan security funding
Australia will give more than $300 million in assistance to Afghanistan to help sustain and support the nation’s security forces after Australian troops withdraw from the country. Julia Gillard and Defence More...
Asylum on ‘false’ papers approved
The refugee, who now lives in Sydney, arrived with a valid visa in September 2010 after submitting a clean Uzbek police check and medical certificate to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. But three months More...
Boston University: 3 students die while on New Zealand sightseeing trip
Boston University mourned three study-abroad students killed in New Zealand while visiting locations where “The Lord of the Rings” movies were filmed. A van in which the students were traveling swerved More...
Costello ‘says Kroger’s talking nonsense’
In his first public comments on the bitter public stoush between Mr Costello and Mr Kroger, opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb said the suggestion that Mr Costello wanted to replace a sitting Liberal MP to More...
Vanuatu ejects Australian police
Vanuatu has thrown out an Australian police contingent following a diplomatic row. The officers, who were stationed in the capital Port Vila, have left and the liaison office there has been closed. The Pacific nation’s More...
Qantas long-haul pilots lose strike ruling in federal Court
Qantas long-haul pilots have lost a federal Court appeal against a Fair Work Australia decision to terminate industrial action against Qantas last year. The court rejected the pilots argument that the fair Work More...