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Treasurer Joe Hockey is not worried about the latest opinion poll, saying the government was elected to fix the economy.

Defence lawyer Simon Ray claims the prosecution in Rolf Harris's child sex trial set out "with vigour and enthusiasm" to destroy the artist's reputation.

Julie Bishop will meet Islamic ambassadors in an attempt to calm tensions over Canberra's decision to change its terminology on East Jerusalem.

As militants rampage through Iraq, the Muslim community in Australia waits, wanting to help and confused about what is happening in their homeland.

Astounding research results have confirmed that SAHMTI and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Personalized Cancer Medicine have come up with valuable information about the treatment of leukaemia.

After serving in Timor Leste as part of the country’s UN mission, three Australian soldiers decided to take on a scourge that targets some of the planet’s most vulnerable citizens.

Defence and trade have dominated the first leader-level meeting between Tony Abbott and Barack Obama.

There are 90 Australians registered as being in Iraq as the country reels from a full-blown assault from an Islamist terror group.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and US President Barack Obama have discussed climate change and energy efficiency in their talks at the White House.

Hours after a 14 year-old fires shots at an American school President Barack Obama congratulates Australia on its guns policy.

As an extensive search in the Western Australian bushland ends positively for a British national who went 'walk about' during a music festival police have started a search for the second missing Brit.

An Australian law requiring all tobacco products to be packaged in plain packaging - to discourage the purchase of tobacco products - has resulted in legal battles while an increase in sales of tobacco products has been recorded.

Japanese leader Shinzo Abe’s decision to resume Japan’s annual arctic whale hunt has Australian environmentalists hot under the collar.

Australia's prime minister has laid a wreath at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City.

The UK jury considering the case against veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has been told to disregard his career and focus on the evidence.

As officials prepare for the next step in the search for flight MH370 the Malaysian government confirms it has spent $9.3 million compared to Australia’s $89.9 million spend.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's meeting with US President Barack Obama will also include Vice-President Joe Biden.

The Australian and Canadian prime ministers have talked down the idea of co-ordinated global action on climate change.

A 22-year-old Perth man will face court charged with driving under the influence after he was caught riding a motorised esky down a main road.

Barry Jones, the eminent Australian thinker, says the Abbott government is waging a "war on science".

Australians from all walks of life and in all kinds of professions recognised with Queen's Birthday Honours.

Tony Abbott has joined Prince Charles and British PM David Cameron at a morning service in Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Six Australian D-Day veterans have received France's prestigious Legion of Honour on the 70th anniversary of the historic landing.

After four long weeks of evidence in Rolf Harris's child sex abuse trial, the jury has been told "we are moving towards you making your decisions".

Education Minister Christopher Pyne has rejected claims that Malcolm Turnbull is not doing enough to sell the budget.

Australians rate amongst the happiest people on Earth says the 2014 OECD’s Better Life Index.

The Queen's new coach is decorated with gold leaf and jewels and displays an intricate amount of detail reflecting more than 1000 years of British history... and it's made in Australia.

British nationals can marry Australians in Australia but their union will not be recognised by Australian law, furthering the debate about Australian marriage reform.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and broadcaster Alan Jones have had a feisty on-air exchange.

Bruce Harris has defended his brother Rolf during the star's child sex abuse trial telling the jury assault claims by a TV make-up artist are ridiculous.

Dump nuclear waste in Australia says former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke: “The one thing this country ought to do is have the disposal of nuclear waste in remote areas.”

According to the 2014 survey of the Gender Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Australian female entrepreneurs narrowly lost first place to the USA. Australians scored 80 points while their UK counterparts lagged behind with 54 points.

Video has emerged of Rolf Harris at a charity sporting event in Cambridge in 1978 less than a week after he insisted he'd never been to the city until three or four years ago.

The US has received a crash course in Prime Minister Tony Abbott's missteps and controversial comments, thanks to TV show Last Week Tonight.

Australia adds its support to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, chaired by actress-philanthropist Angelina Jolie, to be held in London next week.

“Britishness is no longer the defining feature of the Australian national identity.” - Shadow attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus.

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews says a proposal to drug test people on the dole is off the table.

Tony Abbott has been criticised for talking about the D-Day landings and his aim to scrap the carbon and mining taxes in the same video message.

An international report found that 11 million Australians need to lay-off the junk food and get in shape.

On Thursday a 29 year old British national Ben Asadollahi Zoje was arrested in Sydney when he was found in possession of 2kg’s of ecstasy hidden in his luggage.

Billionaire MP Clive Palmer says he was helped by the dole when he was an out-of-work teenager.

indi Harris was so shocked when told her famous father Rolf had sexually abused her friend she banged her head against a wall, a London court has heard.

The royals keep mum about Kate’s bare bum. A photo from the royal couple's Australian tour, published in the popular German newspaper Bild and Australia's Daily Telegraph, has caused a huge stir among the British press. The decision to publish the offending photo has been described as ‘sleazy and creepy’.

Group of British companies share valuable experience, information and advice about business in Australia with new UK Trade and Investment Organisation.

During rigorous cross-examination prosecutor Sasha Wass QC has suggested Bindi Harris lied to support her famous father and he may have "put her up to it".

The new visa centre opened in Bangkok earlier this month and will be shared by Australia and the United Kingdom.

It seems Peppa Pig is next in line on the new budget’s list of victims. The much loved British produced animated children’s program might be getting the chop.

Search co-ordinators say they have discounted an area of the Indian Ocean, where acoustic "pings" were detected, as being MH370's final resting place.

1,560 beers from all over the world were sampled and judged by 40 international beer experts for the Australian International Beer Awards and Aussies won almost half of the overall awards.

Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says Clive Palmer is an embarrassment to Australia who is damaging relations with China.