United Australia Party leader Clive Palmer has outlined the UAP’s gay rights policy and thrown his support behind a conscience vote in federal parliament in order to determine the controversial issue of same-sex marriage.

A former soldier from New Zealand, Duncan Sandilands, has teamed up with a Brisbane-based barrister Mark Plunkett to launch a campaign to close a loophole in Australia’s immigration legislation which seems to bar citizens of New Zealand from joining the Australian Defence Force.

THE AFL RUBDOWN | Round 5 is now known as ‘Anzac Round’ and helps mark an important day in our nation’s history. Every game had a service, last post and a minute’s silence prior to the bounce. T

Independent MP Tony Windsor has drawn criticism from both sides of parliament today after calling for a national referendum in order to decide the gay marriage debate in Australia, with the suggestion being labelled as dangerous and potentially divisive.

The Kangaroos scored four tries in a withering second-half burst which turned a tight 6-6 rugby league contest into a blowout – the Kiwis paying the price for moments of laziness and a first half of missed opportunities.

Australian lawmakers are under increased pressure to re-evaluate their stance on gay marriage today after New Zealand became the first nation in the Asia-Pacific region to support marriage equality in a historic vote taken in yesterday’s Parliament.

Canberra prop David Shillington has put himself back in the box seat for Kangaroos selection two weeks out from the Test against New Zealand with a dominant display against the Sydney Roosters.

British ministers will announce plans to introduce legislation requiring plain packaging for cigarettes, reports suggest.Similar laws enacted in Australia require cigarettes to be sold in plain olive packages and carry graphic images and health warnings.

The woman at the centre of the “stupid, fat Australian” case has won an appeal against her 2012 conviction after a north-west England court determined that it would not be in the public interest to uphold the court’s original verdict.

30 years have passed since the notorious head of Australia’s ‘Mr Asia’ drug smuggling syndicate was found dead in his Isle of Wight prison cell. However, the legacy of Terry Clark and his merry band of brothers, lives large in the collective memories of both Australia and the UK.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | On the 30 year anniversary of Terry Clark’s death at the helm of the Mr Asia syndicate, PAUL BLEAKLEY talks to his once right-hand man about the heroin trade, today’s ‘paper gangsters’ and what happens to criminals as they get old.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has raised questions over the treatment of New Zealanders in Australia, claiming that the current Australian immigration system unfairly prevents long-term Australian residents from applying for citizenship and obtaining the right to vote or claim government benefits.

The US prosecution case against a young Australian, Trent Martin, for securities fraud is a story of greed and betrayal of a Kiwi mate.

More Australians are leaving the country permanently and heading mainly to New Zealand and the United Kingdom shows the latest statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Tim Sheens has been given the task of reclaiming the Rugby League World Cup held by New Zealand after being reappointed for a fifth term as Kangaroos coach.

A British woman found guilty of racially aggravated public disorder after calling her New Zealand neighbour a “stupid, fat Australian” plans to appeal her fine.

The moral of the story is clear: New Zealanders do not have to like being called Australian, but that does not make anyone who calls you one a racist.

New Zealanders express support for the UK court ruling that found a woman, Petra Mills, guilty of racially aggravated public disorder after calling her NZ-born neighbour a “stupid fat Australian”.

A recent case in a UK magistrates court held calling someone a “stupid fat Australian” constituted racial abuse. PAUL BLEAKLEY argues that calling someone ‘Australian’ shouldn’t be considered a racial slur.