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Tim Wilson was allegedly promised Professor Gillian Triggs' job as President of the Human Rights Commission, writes Tess Lawrence.

The United Nations Security Council's five permanent members should surrender their veto on issues related to mass killing and genocide, says Amnesty International.

Former Australian prime minister is one of Wikipedia’s most contentious figures.

The shadow attorney-general has requested a police investigation into whether the attorney-general’s office made a corrupt attempt to induce Gillian Higgs to quit the Human Rights Commission.

Don't be fooled by their fluffy exterior, koalas may just hijack your car! No, seriously, check out this fuzzy fella.

The number of Australians and New Zealanders finding work in the UK has increased by almost 10% over the past year and nearly 50% since 2011.

Millions of mobile phone SIM cards may have been compromised by joint NSA/GCHQ hack, Snowden documents reveal.

Sign language interpreter Mark Cave possibly gave the best warning for the approaching storm, to deaf and hearing viewers alike. You just have to watch his energetic performance.

Could Sting and an assortment of other musicians and bands like Napalm Death persuade rock music fan President Joko Widodo to spare the lives of Bali Nine pair, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran?

Glenn McGrath has been heavily criticised for photos of him next to dead African wildlife. He has since apologised, but many are not convinced.

Cyclone Marcia downgraded to a category 1 system, but not before Rockhampton and Yeppoon suffer worst of her fury.

WATCH: Dramatic footage of Fitzroy River, swollen by Cyclone Marcia, pounding through Rockhampton.

Australian Red Cross working with bushfire affected communities to help people keep in touch with family and friends.

The cyclone off Australia’s eastern coast is now predicted to be of the highest level intensity when it makes landfall.

It hasn't even hit yet and already the Cyclone Marcia jokes are flooding in. Australia just couldn't resist #MarciaMarciaMarcia

The tropical cyclone heading for Queensland now a category 3 and could be category 4 when it crashes into the coast on Friday morning.

A new government report says Internet access in Britain lags behind other countries and should be a universal right.

Diplomatic war of words heats up over pending Bali Nine executions.

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will not be moved to pre-execution prison this week after all.

Australia’s Foreign Minister and keen emoji user, Julie Bishop, has given an interview in which she answered entirely in emojis.

The British accent has been crowned as the 'most dateable' in the Time Out Global Dating Survey 2015. But is there even such a thing as a 'British' accent?

Revenge porn, the act of sharing private sexual images or videos of another person without their permission, is now illegal in the UK.

Police use pepper spray on Australian students protesting against tertiary education deregulation.

Queensland has a new premier after Labor secures minority government.

Convicted Australian heroin smugglers are to be relocated from their Bail prison ahead of their ordered execution by firing squad.

Taxi app Uber sets huge 2015 Aussie jobs goal. But are they real jobs?

Prime minister apologises for accusing Labor of “holocaust of jobs”.

Two men have been charged with planning an "imminent" terror act in Sydney. Police raided their house and seized an Islamic State Flag, a machete, a hunting knife and a video allegedly detailing their plans.

Jon Stevens will appear in court later this week after a domestic altercation with his fiancée, Jodhi Meares.

What do you get when a hottie adopts a puppy, hundreds of girls swoon over both specimens, and his fiancée gets involved? This.

Australian-born former Grand Slam doubles champion has pleaded not guilty to two charges of rape and one of sexual assault. Two of his accusers have testified against him in court in South Africa.

A man who was taken from his surfboard by a shark off Ballina has been confirmed by police to be a Japanese citizen.

Opposition leader calls for vote of no confidence against embattled prime minister.

Tony Abbott has won the vote on a spill against his leadership.

In his latest video rant, Russell Brand lines up Tony Abbott and Rupert Murdoch for a verbal lashing.

The Home Office has just released the visa fee increases for entry into the UK, meaning that it is now more expensive to visit loved ones, work, set up shop, or gain British citizenship.

After it was rumoured that Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop were having a secret meeting in Sydney, the pair took to Twitter to scoff the claim and give their alibis.

A campaigner for the two Australians facing death by firing squad in Indonesia says a Triple J survey helped scupper their latest, and probably last chance, appeal.

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that 28% of the nation’s population was born overseas, the highest level in 120 years.

Was it Campbell Newman’s leadership style or Tony Abbott’s Australia Day ‘knightmare’ that sealed the deal for Labor?

With Tony Abbott's leadership in meltdown, cartoonists have been scribbling away in an attempt to make sense of the mess that is Australian politics right now.

A Taiwan driver captured the startling moment a passenger plane fell out of the sky, crashing in front of their car and into a river, tragically killing at least a dozen passengers.

Liberal backbenchers say Turnbull has phoned them, seeking backing in a possible leadership vote, according to an ABC journalist. It is time for the communications minister to speak up.

Liberal MPs openly call for spill to resolve crisis over Tony Abbott’s prime ministership.

Julie Bishop says she will not challenge Tony Abbot for the prime ministership. That doesn’t mean she won’t get it.

The Prime Minister tells the National Press Club he has learned his lessons and his party must stick with him in tough times.

Australian journalist Peter Greste’s family are overjoyed at his release but say fight is not over until his colleagues are also free.

Full transcript of the speech delivered by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The number of Aussie expats in the UK have just about halved in recent years on account of visa restrictions, according to a report. Now British MPs are pushing for the government to ease Australian visa restrictions.

Aussie expats in the UK may have to start importing Vegemite by the bucket load now that Sainsbury’s has confirmed that they will stop selling it.