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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Given what we know about children’s ability to figure out the truth, it seems likely that slightly older kids may well be playing along with their parents’ fantasy in order to reap the benefits of the promised rewards.

2016 will be remembered as the year ‘diversity-angst’ came out the closet with a bang! Social documentary photographer, Tanya Houghton's recent exhibition suggests that a powerful way to dissolve such fear is through food.

If your New Year’s plans include possibly moving to the UK, then there is a lot you’ll want to consider before making your final decision.

There are three questions that new South African expats who arrive in Australia inevitably ask. Back in SA the answers to these questions accurately suss out a person's social standing, but in Australia they're a no-go.

Just how much disposable wealth do Australia's young adults have to play around with? We take a a closer look...

Australia's Eurovision contestant Guy Sebastian is very popular with last year's champion, Conchita Wurst.

ANZAC DAY 2015: Comprehensive list of commemorative services being held across the UK and Ireland to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign.

Australia needs to have uncomfortable conversations about the realities of Islamic State and their like.

Support for Prime Minister Abbott is slipping away fast, both in and out of the party room. But this time it’s up to Cabinet ministers to make the move.

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

Democracy is a gift that as an Australian I often take for granted.

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

‘Shirtfront’ muscles out ‘Team Australia’, ‘man-bun’, ‘Ned Kelly beard’, and ‘coward punch’ to claim Word of the Year title.

Prize winning author Clare Wright tells us about her new book, revealing the vital role of women in the Eureka Rebellion as they helped pave the way for democracy in Australia.

Australia adored Robin Williams and he loved us right back. At the news of his tragic death, we remember his fondness for poking fun at all things Down Under and recall some of his most uplifting movie moments that made us reflect on how we live our lives.

In reaction to the annual cull of thousands of kangaroos, animal rights group Alphadog says kangaroo numbers can be controlled in a non-lethal way and is working with Australian officials on an experiment to administer birth control to hundreds of kangaroos.

Moving away from Australia means a whole new way of life and lots of uncertainty, so the first priority when you arrive should be on securing the sanctuary, safety and security of your new home.

In Australian soaps such as Home and Away, Neighbours, Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors and Prisoner Aboriginal characters are notable by their absence.

Julie Bishop among guests celebrating achievements of Aussie women in Britain at gala event held at Australia House in London.

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

Cate Blanchett has dedicated her third BAFTA win to her late friend, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

INTERVIEW | Two years in the making, John Pilger's controversial new film Utopia reveals a shocking national secret behind the postcard image of the "lucky country". As it premiers in the UK, the award winning documentary filmmaker talks to Australian Times about the devastating inequalities suffered by the Aboriginal community.

Davey Lane lived every bedroom guitarist’s dream when he became the fourth member of his favourite band You Am I. GEORGE KATRALIS speaks with the renowned Australian guitarist about his debut solo EP The Good Borne of Bad Tymes.

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.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | With the UK now the biggest Islamic finance centre in Europe, and Australia looking to enhance its own credentials in this area, Australians in the UK should consider looking at developing skills in this growing sector.

INTERVIEW | The Australian government is, for Julian Assange, a place of corruption, of compromised interests, political infighting and parties who have lost their purpose and direction. Ahead of next week’s federal election in which he is running for a seat in the Senate, he tells Australian Times why he’s ...

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

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As the 2013 election looms we take an in-depth look at the two leaders going head to head, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

INTERVIEW | Australian Sex Party founder Fiona Patten talks to Australian Times about civil liberties, censorship and the conservative nature of Australian politics

OPINION | Kevin Rudd told media in Papua New Guinea that he had "survived Kokoda", however his most gruelling challenge may be yet to come. In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election, Rudd's biggest nemesis might be his own mouth.

ROYAL BABY | On the eve of the birth of the next heir to the British crown, how do we ensure the monarchy remains relevant to Australia? Why, raise the baby Down Under of course.

Australian Julian Assange continues to polarise opinion a year after he sought political asylum, as a recent story concerning his right to sunlight proves. Assange met with Ecuador foreign minister Ricardo Patino at the embassy this morning.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | We live in an intertwined world of systems — families, communities, teams and organisations. Our choices lead to actions and reactions which affect others in the system. Nothing works in isolation and awareness of the systems in which we operate is key.

REVIEW | Happy New at Trafalgar Studios, by Australian playwright Brendan Cowell, is full of raw emotion and an undertone of restless aggression. It is a brutal exploration of how humans operate in modern Australian society, that sucks in the audience by virtue of proximity and off the back of ...

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Spouse and Fiancée Visas explained.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Paul Smith is an elected councilor on Islington Council and currently the only Australian citizen who is an elected person in the UK. Paul has previously been involved in a number of Labour members election campaigns in the UK, including Ed Miliband. Paul is also President ...

21 December 2012: The end of the world is nigh! But it’s not all doom and gloom. We’ve found London’s best parties and events celebrating the impending apocalypse, so you can make most of the end of civilization - right up to the moment a flesh-eating zombie devours your skin.

REVIEW | Judith Lucy’s Nothing Fancy is irreverent, awkward, hilarious and uniquely Australian.

Deprived of the live atmosphere of his favourite Australian sports, PAUL BLEAKLEY explores the UK alternative at Millwall FC.

It’s at #ImaCelebrity and all over my nightly ITV2, but for this Australian viewer, the UK reality TV phenomenon I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here should be trending at #ImaBoredViewerGetMeAwayFromThisMonotony. And I’m pretty sure I’ve seen bigger spiders in my bathroom.

TUBE TALK | London: I’m coming for you. But Australia, I will always call you home.

New Australian film, Blame, centres around a high school music teacher, Bernard (Damian de Montemas), who is suddenly attacked in his home by five young mates who are keen on revenge following the suicide of their friend Alice (Saskia Hampele).

I’m going to admit it. I’m a bit of a smartphone addict. But I may have found a cure.

With ‘carnival’ season quickly approaching around the world, NINA McGRATH visited the famed canals of Venice to unmask one of Europe’s most giddy traditional celebrations.

When KARL MATHIESEN was asked to interview Jonathan LaPaglia, one of the stars of the new Australian drama series The Slap, little did he realise that it would result in a profound consideration of contemporary Australian culture.

Christmas can come to everyone, no matter where in the world you are. AMY FALLON found out that even in the deepest parts of Africa — no one should be without a family, nor a bit of Christmas cheer this year.

I have a love/hate relationship with London and Londoners which is inversely proportional to my attachment to my nationality. If I let it go, I can adapt better to life here.

Aussie comedian Asher Treleaven describes his new show Matador, as a "socially responsible comedy with cock jokes". But he won’t hold back when he takes to London stages this week and bluntly asks the question: why are Australians a little bit racist?