Month: September 2013

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. If all roads lead to Rome, then all Tube lines deliver you to Hammersmith. This week MICHAELA GRAY shows you what’s out there once you leave the Underground.

Whether you’re looking to gather and reconnect with old friends, or “sweep away the cobwebs of the week”, Kopapa is the perfect place. Innovative and hearty breakfasts, delicious and energising coffee, and a central yet cosy location.

EXPAT FACTOR | Jeremy Gask is an Australian Racehorse Trainer from South Australia, now based in England with Horses First Racing. Jeremy was a semi-professional footballer and junior state cricketer before embarking on a horse training career. Having trained over 250 winners in Australia, Jeremy has helped create a top ...

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Australia’s corporate regulator insists it carried out through investigations into corruption allegations linked to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Australian tourists were amongst the passengers rescued from a London Duck Tours vessel on the River Thames after it burst into flames.

INTERVIEW | Australian rock band Dead Letter Circus have set themselves up for a manic European tour, including nine nights of continuous shows. They kick off the UK leg tonight at Camden's Underworld.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he wants to get Australia’s relationship with Indonesia right, but the opposition believes there’s a big problem.

TRAVEL WRITER ENTRY | A trip to Morocco is both an eye-opening and soul-opening experience as TARA KLEINER discovered during her tour of the North African country.

POSTCARDS FROM AUSTRALIA | Broome gave us our first glimpse of the west coast of Australia, and I have never been more grateful to see the ocean again

A boat bound for Australia, carrying 120 asylum seekers sinks off the coast of Indonesia, leaving 20 dead, mostly children.

For only the second time in the past six years, the Australian Navy intercepted a boat and handed the asylum seekers back to Indonesia.

The Australian government is yet to seek the release of activists who have been detained in a Russian prison in relation to protests over Arctic drilling, despite calls for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to personally intervene.

TRAVEL WRITER ENTRY | From walking in footsteps of Emperors past, to sampling the local milkshake DIVYA PATWARI gives a step-by-step guide to Delhi, old and new.

One of Australia’s greatest living painters, John Olsen, is set to present his first ever exhibition of works in the UK at the Osborne Samuel gallery in Mayfair.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has issued a communications clampdown on his frontbench, ordering all ministers obtain the approval of his office prior to speaking to media.

REVIEW | Claudia O’Doherty gives a highly energetic stand-up performance, full of inspirational messages in her new comedy show Pioneer at the Soho Theatre, on until Saturday 5 October 2013.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended his government's first days in office, saying his ministers are "hard at work" but not rushing decisions.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his government's policy to turn back asylum seeker boats to Indonesia will respect the country's sovereignty.

ROYAL TOUR OF OZ | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have applied for Prince George’s first passport in preparation for their 2014 trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Britain’s opposition leader says the campaign tactics used by John Howard’s former strategist won’t work in the UK because “we are better than that”.

Following London Fashion Week, English model and serial party-goer Cara Delevingne is crowned 'Fashion Royalty' on the cover of Vogue Australia.

Computers are an integral part of every office these days. Why wouldn't they be, it's the digital age. Computers can be seen everywhere, generally in offices, but their basic functions are not that easy to understand. The complexity of today's information technology environment can make any novice grapple. This is ...

Ahead of their highly anticipated London show on October 20 at the O2 Academy in Brixton, we ask what’s your favourite Cat Empire song?

TRAVEL | The magic of Morocco lies just under the surface, as TYSON YATES discovers on a round-trip 8-day Saharan adventure from Marrakesh.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week GEORGIA DAWES explores the weird and wonderful world of Soho, and comes up with a delectable list of her top five favourites.

State of Origin streaker Wati Holmwood has successfully appealed his three-month prison sentence at a Sydney court.

There are a number of key elements to a positive online shopping experience, including great products, wide range of styles and fashions, value for money and a high level of customer service.

London coffee-shop chain Harris + Hoole seeks to achieve something of a paradox - a mass-produced artesian family-owned coffee-shop offering corporate convenience packaged as an individualised experience. Whether it will prove successful may ultimately depend on one thing - the coffee.

Australian Foreign minister Julie Bishop says the deaths of Ross Langdon and others in Kenya are a reminder that “we must do all we can to fight terrorism”.

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Prince Harry will make his first official visit to Australia in October to attend events marking the centenary of the first entry of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet into Sydney in 1913.

A crowd has gathered outside a London court where Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is scheduled to make a brief appearance over child sex offences.

An Australian architect who had lived and worked in the UK and his wife were among the victims of the attack on a Nairobi shopping centre.

Three Australian singers are performing in the English Touring Opera’s upcoming season of Baroque Opera from Venice, opening in London on 28 September and running until 12 October.

Australia: Shifting Sands is a BFI retrospective of Australian cinema over the last two decades, tracing the emergence of Indigenous voices and stories captured on the big screen.

Popular menswear brand Industrie is opening its first shop outside Australia. Located in Covent Garden, the fashion store will sell a range of modern and masculine clothes and accessories designed for every man.

Iconic Australasian themed pub Shepherd’s Bush Walkabout is set to call last drinks for the final time on 6 October, after the pub’s operator Intertain confirmed the property had been sold for an undisclosed sum.

Another community march is being planned to remember Melbourne woman Jill Meagher, who became the public face of Victoria’s parole system failures.

Aussie expats have the chance to explore some of London’s most interesting and exclusive venues, homes and architecture during the annual Open House London weekend in late September.

A retiring Australian diplomat in southern Thailand has warned young travellers of the dangers of a potentially deadly drug cocktail made from Kratom being sold at popular beach rave parties in the area.

There are many reasons why you should travel, including to develop skills, see the world and form long-lasting relationships with people from different cultures and backgrounds. We explore the top seven reasons to travel the world.

INTERVIEW | Fresh from Edinburgh Fringe, Australian comedian Claudia O’Doherty brings her latest off-beat show Pioneer to Soho Theatre.

Sarah Blasko has announced a new London show for 1 December 2013. Blasko will perform songs from her new album I Awake in an intimate show at the Islington Assembly Hall.

A group of pranksters in New Zealand have pulled off the ultimate gag, rigging up every tap in their mate’s house to run with beer instead of water.

The Abbott government insists it will honour its election promise to stop asylum seekers arriving by boat despite Indonesian opposition to its controversial plan to turn back vessels.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt has abolished the Climate Commission and begun work on getting rid of the Climate Change Authority, in what has been described as a black day in the fight against global warming in Australia.

Sydney radio station 2Day FM is seeking to prevent the media watchdog from finding it committed a criminal offence last year.

Australian expats in London can still enjoy the fun and frivolity of the race that stops a nation with the 2013 Corporate Traveller Melbourne Cup celebrations on Tuesday 5 November at Australia House.

Australian expats in the UK are set to be treated to a truly unique musical experience this October, as London’s all-Australian chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru perform a special tribute concert at Islington’s famous Union Chapel in October