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• Strong economy supports fair society: Swan

  Treasurer Wayne Swan has declared economic strength goes hand in hand with fairness in Australian society.

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• Afghan withdrawal timeline firms up for Aussie troops

  

  The timeline to withdraw most of Australia’s troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2013 has firmed, with moves to transfer full security responsibility for Oruzgan province to Afghan forces set to start midyear and take 12-18 months.

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• Australian Times weekly newspaper | 15 May 2012

  

  View the online edition of this week’s FREE Australian Times newspaper, available every Tuesday across London.

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• Australian Independents will stand by government: PM

  

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard is confident key independent MPs will honour their agreement to allow the parliament to run its full term, despite concerns about her government accepting the vote of MP Craig Thomson.

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• Julia Gillard shrugs off Obama’s gay marriage stance

  

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard remains opposed to gay marriage despite US President Barack Obama’s change of heart on the issue.

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• Barack Obama joins global trend on gay marriage

  

  Australian human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says Barack Obama’s gay marriage stance is a boost to the worldwide campaign for marriage equality and will help end ‘sexual apartheid’.

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• Peter Costello comeback rumours haunt Australian parliament

  

  Talk of a possible comeback by former treasurer Peter Costello, denied by the former MP, had parliament buzzing on Thursday.

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• Aussie speedway star on trial over alleged vodka bottle rape in the UK

  

  An Australian international speedway star used a makeup tube and a vodka bottle to sexually assault a drunken teenager in her UK hotel room after a race meeting, a court has heard.

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• Princely Adelaide invitation extended to Will and Kate

  

  At a fancy function in London last night, Prince William and Catherine were invited by the South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill to visit Adelaide.

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• Australian surf lifesavers to be part of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

  

  Australian surf lifesavers will join The Queen on the Thames for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on Sunday 3 June.

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• Breast candidate wins presidential debate in Mexico

  

  Ex-Playboy model steals the show in Mexican presidential race.

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• Surplus won’t be delivered: Palmer

  

  Queensland mining billionaire Clive Palmer says the forecast surplus in the federal budget won’t be delivered.

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• Australian budget deficits a thing of the past: Wayne Swan

  

  Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australia’s years of deficits linked to the global recession are over and has urged the nation to look forward with optimism, as it shares in the mining boom.

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• Thomson spent union money on campaign and escorts: report

  

  Craig Thomson spent union funds on his election campaign, escorts, meals and taxis according to Fair Work Australia.

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• “Fair-go budget” or “cooked books”?

  

  Wayne Swan says the IMF have given his budget a “ringing endorsement” and Julia Gillard says it will “conquer” the pressure on her government, but Tony Abbott mocks a “cooked books surplus”.

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• France vote will impact world, says Hockey

  

  Joe Hockey says Francois Hollande’s victory in the French presidential election signals a concerning swing to the left in Europe that could see the continent’s promised austerity measures rolled back.

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• Australian Times weekly newspaper | 8 May 2012

  

  View the online edition of this week’s FREE Australian Times newspaper, available every Tuesday across London.

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• Speaking of Aussie success in the UK

  

  Staying true to her passions transformed the life of Tasmanian-born Dr Joanna Martin from medical doctor to internationally acclaimed speaker, educator and entrepreneur.

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• Best Australian coffee shops in London

  

  As an Australian living in London, you probably crave the coffees so easily available Down Under. So, if you are after a Tim Tam and the best flat white or even a Violet Crumble with your top roast bean, sip no further than our list of recommended Australian coffee shops in London.

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• Australia, US sign new anti-terrorism deal

  

  A NEW counter-terrorism agreement signed between the US and Australia shows that the threat of extremism at home and abroad remains real and more global cooperation is needed, senior government figures say.

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