Adjusting to UK weather
Moving to and living in a foreign country is tough enough without having to worry about the weather. It’s essential to have the proper clothing to keep you from getting the rainy day blues.
Moving to and living in a foreign country is tough enough without having to worry about the weather. It’s essential to have the proper clothing to keep you from getting the rainy day blues.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Make your vote count in the 2013 Federal Election by ensuring you correctly complete ballot papers for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
TRAVEL WRITER ENTRY | Being on the back of a camel at early morning in the Sahara in Morocco belongs to a once-in-a-lifetime experience, as SABRINA EHRLE discovers. Just remember to pack something warm.
Beat the Heathrow Injection without a costly gym membership by getting fit for free in London with any of our top ten budget friendly exercise events.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Heading into the final week of the election campaign, Labor and the coalition have kept the focus on the economy and spending priorities.
A world-first study has used statistics from Australia and New Zealand to measure the success of fertility treatments. It shows IVF treatments are successful in one in two women aged under 35.
Officers from Operation Yewtree have charged Australian entertainer Rolf Harris with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of producing indecent images of children.
Target Australia has released a statement defending brand ambassador Gok Wan after a series of homophobic complaints regarding his appearance in a recent advertisement.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Comedian Adam Hills says he’s genuinely distressed by the current state of Australian politics and what that means for the country’s image overseas.
INTERVIEW | The Australian government is, for Julian Assange, a place of corruption, of compromised interests, political infighting and parties who have lost their purpose and direction. Ahead of next week’s federal election in which he is running for a seat in the Senate, he tells Australian Times why he’s ...
Boris Johnson has sparked a vigorous debate in advocating a Free Labour Mobility Zone allowing Australians the right to work freely in the UK. He was inspired by the story of SALLY ROYCROFT, an Australian teacher who was required to return home following the expiration of her visa. In an ...
ELECTION 13 | Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has announced plans to abolish tertiary education fees if elected to government in next month's federal election.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has announced $31.6 billion of promised budget cuts, but he remains elusive on the timing of a promised budget surplus.
OPINION | Recent comments by Boris Johnson on improving options for Australians to live and work in the UK has struck a chord with many of our readers. NICOLE FULLER argues it's time to look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and have a serious debate on the difficulties faced by Australians ...
Two Australian Defence Force Academy cadets have been found guilty over the ADFA Skype sex scandal.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Perth business leaders that he believes that the al-Assad regime was responsible for a devastating chemical attack in Damascus last week, although he does not foresee a role for Australian troops in the conflict.
A wealth of Australian and New Zealand literary talent will be on show in London this August at the Australian and New Zealand Literary BBQ in Hammersmith. It is a showcase event for the ANZ Festival of Literature and Arts planned for May 2014 in London.
ELECTION 13 | Voting for the people that represent you in parliament is a big responsibility, even when you are living away from home. Australian Times went down to Australia House in London - the biggest polling booth in this year's federal election - to see what all the fuss ...
POSTCARDS FROM AUSTRALIA | 16,000kms into the trip we look down the barrel of another 11,000 of red dirt and blue highway home. We have fantasised about dumping the car on the spot and flying home. Still, we drive on.
New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell has been involved in a tense altercation with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the campaign trail today over Labor's plans to move a major naval base from Sydney to Brisbane.
OPINION | This election, make sure you cast your vote on the basis of a party’s policies, not their personalities, argues CHLOE WESTLEY.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has likened the ever worsening civil war in Syria to past atrocities, warning the world would be judged for inaction.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian victims of past terrorism attacks will receive compensation if the coalition wins the election.
The results are in. Australian Times readers have spoken, and here are their choices for the best Asian restaurants in London. From Vietnamese on Kingsland Road in Hoxton through to Bombay inspired okra fries in Covent Garden, we've got your next craving for a pho or gyoza covered.
Australian expats in the UK can vote at pre-polling facilities in London at Australia House. Facilities are open from Monday 26 August to Friday 6 September.
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has called for a bilateral Free Labour Mobility Zone between Australia and the UK to allow citizens of both countries to live and work freely in the other.
THE EXPAT FACTOR | After honing her skills as a commercial graphics and visual effects artist in London, Allison Brownmoore opened boutique Design/VFX studio Blue Spill with her husband Anthony. She talks about the demands of juggling a successful business in the UK and working in feature documentaries.
There is a change coming in the solar power market.
HONEYMOONING NOMAD | 17th of August marked the one year anniversary of our arrival in London. Half of our “tour of duty” is over and I can’t help but feel very sad.
View the digital edition of this week’s FREE Australian Times newspaper, available every Tuesday across London.
Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded the credit rating of NAB’s troubled UK subsidiary Clydesdale Bank.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With conscience issues likely to come to parliament in the coming term, Bob Katter and Clive Palmer have given their members some flexibility.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott has laid out his plan for a coalition government, should it win power on 7 September, at the official Liberal election campaign.
INTERVIEW | Australian DJ Tom Loud is bringing his epic trip through time DJ set to London Wonderground. Hot Dub Time Machine is a interactive journey through sixty years of music, powered primarily through the enthusiasm of an eager crowd.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott’s plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to stop them being used by people smugglers shows his lack of understanding, Jakarta says.
INTERVIEW | Celebrated as one of the rising stars on the Australian comedy scene, Ronny Chieng has quickly gone from unknown Melbourne University student to world-class performer. His new show; ‘The Ron Way’ is currently warming up in Edinburgh and will soon be served steaming hot at London’s Soho Theatre.
INTERVIEW | Award-winning Australian comedian Matt Okine has just wowed Edinburgh audiences, picking up a nomination in the Foster's Best Newcomer Award category. He chats to MICHAEL MCCORMICK ahead of his Soho Theatre run, where he will perform his hit show 'Being Black & Chicken & S#%t'.
Heineken's crazy global destinations web campaign takes flight over Poland.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has delivered the opening address at the Melbourne Writers Festival in Australia, announcing he might be planning a future writing career to rival J.K. Rowling.
INTERVIEW | Classic Australian drama Prisoner has been reimagined in the gritty TV series Wentworth Prison, set to screen on UK’s Channel 5 this week. PAUL BLEAKLEY chats to Aussie actress Nicole da Silva, who plays top dog Franky.
A Californian company called Organicares have added medical marijuana to Nutella, making it even more appealing to some consumers.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called the alleged chemical attack on civilians in Damascus "repugnant" as France pledges armed intervention in the Syrian civil war.
Industry insiders claim that Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue is the favourite to take the position left vacant by Jessie J on BBC talent program The Voice UK.
Julian Assange says it has been hard leading the WikiLeaks Party from London, after the resignation of a star candidate.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A leading economist believes the coalition needs to find $30 billion of savings, rather than the $70 billion suggested by Labor.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A Guardian Lonergan poll suggests the coalition could pick up Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Brisbane seat of Griffith.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Right back from when he danced with Kerri-Anne Kennerley on morning TV back on the campaign trail in April 2007, resurrected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has never stopped at an attempt to show he’s a ‘hip’ politician. KIEL EGGING picks out five of K-Rudd’s best attempts ...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The second leaders’ forum between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott has put further spark into the policy costings debate.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Four members of the WikiLeaks Party’s governing National Council have resigned, following the decision of Victorian Senate candidate Leslie Cannold to quit over a dispute over preferences.
WikiLeaks Senate candidate Dr Leslie Cannold has resigned from the party in the aftermath of an internal party dispute over the organisation's allocation of preferences.
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