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A landmark UN report warns the world isn't prepared for the serious risks of climate change, including worse bushfires for Australia.

Former Howard government foreign minister Alexander Downer will replace Mike Rann as Australia’s top diplomatic representative in London.

ALP Abroad has expressed concern that London based voters seem unaware of the crucial Senate election currently being held in Western Australia.

Same-sex couples say they are buoyed by the idea that marriages will soon be recognised in the UK.

Flight Centre has been ordered to pay an $11 million fine for inducing three airlines into price-fixing arrangements.

Cardinal George Pell has issued a frank apology to victims of sexual abuse carried out by "priests, religious leaders and others" within the church.

Shane Warne won't receive a knighthood "any time soon" Prime Minister Tony Abbott says, after reinstating knights and dames in the honours system.

A day after Malaysia revealed images of 122 pieces of potential debris from MH370, Thailand has reported 300 objects spotted some 200km away.

There were no reports of MH370 debris recovery and new sightings as dusk fell on Australia's west coast, where the search effort is being coordinated.

The Abbott government is pushing ahead with plans to sell Medibank Private next financial year.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is defending his decision to revive knights and dames in the Australian honours system.

Perth is readying itself to receive the grieving families of the passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

The Queen has agreed to a request from Prime Minister Tony Abbott to restore knights and dames in Australian honours.

Until debris is found and confirmed to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, "the rest is speculation", Defence Minister David Johnston says.

WADE GRAVY recounts his first experience of Spain’s hedonistic ground-zero and discovers there’s more to it than losing yourself (although he does that too).

A plane in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has located more objects in the search area.

Mike Rann, Australia’s high commissioner in London, makes more than the average former SA politician, with the help of a superannuation quirk.

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is intensifying with new satellite images and visual sightings offering fresh clues into the plane's disappearance.

Clive Palmer says unless the government rethinks plans to scrap payments for children of dead or injured soldiers, he won't support the mining tax repeal.

Australian authorities are quick to warn that debris found floating in the southern Indian Ocean may not belong to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Australia will increase its search efforts in the growing global campaign to find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

The brother of a Brisbane man on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet says the hijacking theory brings its own torment.

Negotiations have begun between two key independent MPs and the two major parties as South Australia's election looks set to deliver a hung parliament.

Tasmanian premier-elect Will Hodgman has spent the day after his crushing election win learning the ropes.

The Greens say the environment would come under "massive attack" if wall-to-wall conservative governments take power across Australia.

The Australian Federal Police have dropped a proceeds of crime investigation into Schapelle Corby and her rumoured plans to do a paid interview.

BBC radio presenter suggests Australia is ‘effectively operating a sort of Guantanamo Bay ... only in some ways even worse’

Defence Minister says Canberra would welcome armed forces from the UK utilising Australian facilities much like the US is doing in Darwin.

ALP Abroad urges South Australians in London to have their say in state election.

Between 30,000 and 40,000 Australian passports go missing every year, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.

An alleged victim of Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes has told a court that the actor exposed himself to her on set.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott doesn't want to discourage Australians from overseas travel following the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane.

Two couples travelling together to China on a jet that fell off the radar on Saturday are being described as good friends and great parents.

Bindi Irwin has been criticised for partnering with the Blackfish-plagued US theme park company SeaWorld.

A 15-metre goon bag is the eye-catching entry as Perth's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition launches in Perth for its tenth year.

A bill to lift foreign ownership limits on Qantas has passed the House of Representatives.

William and Kate will be accompanied by a nanny to help care for the royal baby, Prince George, on their visit to Australia and New Zealand in April.

You’ll be embarrassed but they won’t care, because they’re the kind of person that Stoke Travels.

Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop says Russia must help resolve tensions in Ukraine by withdrawing its troops from the strife-torn country.

Photos: Snake eating a crocodile in Australia caught on camera by amazed onlooker.

Australian missionary John Short has been released after apologising for violating North Korean law by allegedly distributing religious material.

A journalist for The Australian has been kicked out of a press conference announcing Clive Palmer's candidates for the re-run Senate election in WA.

Australia experienced its 15th hottest summer since records began in 1910, while the summer before was the hottest ever.

Officials in Bali say a Seven Network programme on Schapelle Corby will be aired "at her own risk."

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says he is optimistic despite $252 million loss and 5000 jobs cuts announcement.

Channel 7 is suing the Australian Federal Police over armed raids on its Sydney offices last week, searching for evidence of an interview deal with Schapelle Corby,

Smiggle opens its doors at Westfield in Stratford, the first salvo in a huge investment plan to create 3,000 new jobs in Britain.

British singer Tinie Tempah says he wants to move to Australia to escape stardom in the UK.

The Australians Greens have called on the federal government to lift gag orders on staff at Manus Island detention centre.

The prime minister has found a portrait of the Queen for his office after a lengthy search.