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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Law firm Slater & Gordon has notched up a 67 per cent profit increase as it increases its hold in the UK.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott concedes that some of his colleagues have been “slow to adjust” to his PPL, but is confident they will get on side.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have made their YouTube music debut alongside a host of Australian politicians, starring in Canberra band Super Best Friends clip for their latest single ‘Round and Round’.

OPINION | In the aftermath of 22-year-old Australian Christopher Lane's murder in the US, PAUL BLEAKLEY explores the different relationship Australians and Americans have towards firearms, and what we need to do to make sure murders like this do not happen again.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Charlton in NSW, Kevin Baker, has quit over an inappropriate website he ran which contained offensive material, including references to domestic violence, incest and child abuse.

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David Johnson, director at foreign exchange specialists Halo Financial, examines the current weakening of the Australian Dollar.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A café full of mums and bubs provided the perfect setting for Tony Abbott to launch his paid parental scheme.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor is focused on its plans for Australia’s future rather than opinion polls.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Labor has pounced on the coalition’s delayed policy costings and spooked that $70 billion of cuts could spark a recession.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The WikiLeaks Party has accidentally preferenced two right wing parties ahead of the Greens in the NSW Senate ticket.

Police have arrested the ringleader of an organised criminal syndicate that allegedly used backpackers to sell forged jewellery throughout Queensland.

ELECTION13 | Three candidates with terminal illnesses have launched the Voluntary Euthanasia Party in Sydney today, with the aim of expanding the political movement worldwide.

WHILE most people are very satisfied with the changes and developments that have occurred in the online shopping industry in recent years, there is a great deal of excitement about what the future may hold.

Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the difference between men and women weekly earnings in Australia has widened over the past year to 26 per cent.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Australian Greens have launched their UK campaign this week in order to encourage Australian expats in London to vote Green in the imminent federal election. Former Greens Hobart City Councillor and campaign leader, Mat Hines, believes expats in London may be key to determining the...

Ecuador has released a statement on the first anniversary of Julian Assange being granted political asylum saying that it wants to resolve the Australian's diplomatic status.

Australian researches have found a way to improve the hydrating qualities of beer, without compromising on taste. By adding electrolytes to the amber ale, the researchers from a Queensland university may even have found a way to avoid a post-drink hangover.

Chief Currency & Payments Strategist at currency exchange specialists OzForex, Jim Vrondas, looks at recent movements of the Australian dollar, and asks whether the trend towards growth will continue.

Egyptian ambassador to Australia has defended military action against Muslim Brotherhood protesters, while Australian government has urged for restraint from all parties involved in the conflict.

ELECTION13 | Recent polling suggests that former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be defeated in the electorate of Forde at the federal election on 7 September.

OPINION | Why Australian expats living in the UK should make their vote count in the 2013 federal election.

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been spotted enjoying an Australian holiday in far north Queensland.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 |The opposition has defended its Direct Action plan, saying the climate policy can meet the coalition's targets for cutting CO2 pollution.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | American pop star Katy Perry blindsided Opposition Tony Abbott on Australian radio yesterday with questions regarding his policy on gay marriage.

ROYAL TOUR OF OZ | Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are planning a royal visit to Australia in 2014 with their baby son Prince George.

Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus has claimed that information leaked by Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning did not expose government wrongdoing.

The husband of murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher will return to Ireland later this month “to clear his head” while fighting for parole board changes.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 | Labor and the coalition say there won’t be any minority government deals after the Australian federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | In his third gaffe in as many days, Opposition Leader and Prime Ministerial hopeful Tony Abbott has described gay marriage as “the fashion of the moment” while defending his stance on the issue.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott admits he was "a bit exuberant" when referring to the sex appeal of a female Liberal candidate.

Reports suggest that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is close to being released from her Balinese prison on parole.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 | Aussie expats in the UK will able to vote in the 2013 Australian election by using pre-polling facilities at the Australian High Commission or, if eligible, by submitting a postal vote.

American actor Matt Damon has entered into Australia's asylum seeker debate while visiting Sydney to promote his new film Elysium.

Hammams, meze, baklava, kebaps: Istanbul is a city of the senses. It also bridges the pious and the hedonistic, the Byzantine and the modern Turkish — and the landmasses of Europe and Asia. HEATHER WALKER spent a few days in old Constantinople.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has found himself at the centre of global attention after "suppository of wisdom" gaffe.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the coalition needs to carefully consider the risks to the economic outlook.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made his first visit to Penrith in the key western Sydney marginal seat of Lindsay, touting the ‘sex appeal’ of Liberal candidate Fiona Scott.