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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.

The Australia: Shifting Sands film program at the British Film Institute’s London Southbank centre this September explores the emergence of Indigenous filmmaking and the idea of 'landscape as character'.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As the federal election looms, we look at the top five quotes that have shaped the political careers of the two leaders who will go head to head in a bid to lead the nation: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his challenger Tony Abbott.

Australians and Poms who have family in both the UK and Western Australia are being invited to take part in a major new memories project which links the University of Hertfordshire and the University of Western Australia in Perth.

Boris Johnson has sparked a vigorous debate in advocating a Free Labour Mobility Zone allowing Australians the right to work freely in the UK. He was inspired by the story of SALLY ROYCROFT, an Australian teacher who was required to return home following the expiration of her visa. In an ...

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.

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

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Jo Kelly is Head of Partner Development at Waitrose & Partnership Services. A psychologist, Jo has extensive senior management experience in Talent Management across a variety of companies and sectors including British Airways, BP, Prudential UK and the John Lewis Partnership.

It's summer in the city, and the weather is fine. Celebrate the sun with the best comedians Australia has to offer in the UK. Our finest funnymen and women are UK bound, and we've got the top Australian comedy acts that will be gracing London's stage in 2013.

Australia: Shifting Sands launches at the British Film Institute’s London Southbank centre in September, exploring the story of Indigenous Australia through the medium of Indigenous filmaking.

It could be 70 years hence but when William and Kate's baby eventually becomes monarch he could be known as King George VII.

Nicola Samer is a theatre director and co-founder of IronBark in the UK. IronBark presents the best new Australian writers to UK audiences using the talents of local cast and creative teams. Next week we talk to Zoe Caldwell, associate producer and co-founder of IronBark.

A number of key Labor ministers have resigned following the defeat of Julia Gillard in a Labor Caucus vote, 57-45. Anthony Albanese has been elected deputy prime minister.

WikiLeaks says Edward Snowden, currently in Moscow after leaving Hong Kong on a commercial flight, is bound for Ecuador via a “safe route”.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Last week we showed you a side to London you may not know all that well — an affordable London! This week, the budget-friendly fun continues with another top ten of free London activities.

The governor-general of Australia, Quentin Bryce, visited with the Queen, young Australian entrepreneurs in East London, and addressed an Australian Business networking lunch in a visit to the UK last week.

TRAVEL WRITER WINNER | The contagious rhythm of Havana, Cuba sweeps up this month’s travel writer winner, EMMA O’NEILL in its heady, steamy embrace. Emma is our Great Travel Writer competition winner for May, and has won a £250 voucher with Topdeck.

The Taste of London Festival in Regent’s Park on 20-23 June is packed full of produce, products and sneak peeks into London’s top restaurants. A foodie heaven you don’t have to wait for.

REVIEW | The intimate Hoxton Hall provides a unique setting for Airealism’s The Bleeding Hearts Circus.

A number of Australians are preparing to take part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in September, with London today announced as the host city for the start and finish of the 2013-14 race.

The Australian High Commissioner to the UK, Mike Rann, laid a wreath yesterday in London to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. Mr Rann told attendees the Allied forces would have lost World War II had they had not achieved victory in the six year-long naval ...

Professor Kingsley Dixon’s contribution to research on native plants and the regeneration of ecosystems was recognised last night in London when he was awarded the Linnean Medal by the Linnean Society of London. The Australian biologist is currently working on a two year project on desert restoration for the Saudi ...

Indigenous leaders in the Northern Territory have hit back at comments made by Chief Minister Adam Giles that children that are neglected should be adopted out, regardless of fears that the government policy was reminiscent of the Stolen Generation.

INTERVIEW | Australia with Simon Reeve, a three-part series scheduled to premiere on BBC2 on Sunday night, follows the author and television presenter as he attempts to challenge the pre-conceptions that British audiences have about Australia, including bikies, dangerous wildlife and the Outback.

ANZAC DAY IN LONDON | In a solemn and moving dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, High Commissioner Mike Rann paid tribute to our fallen comrades, and the architects of who and what we are today. The full transcript of his address is below.

Queensland’s education minister says his state won’t follow the lead of NSW in signing up to Canberra’s schools reform.

Good Living Street, a book by Professor Tim Bonyhady, gives an extraordinary account of Viennese life and culture in the early 20th century. Barry Humphries discussed the book with the author at Australia House.

Australian singer-songwriter and an icon of Australian rock Paul Kelly is performing at London’s Cadogan Hall on Friday 12 April 2013. His new album, Spring and Fall, is available now in the UK.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | Young people need to be informed, inspired and motivated about future decisions. Claire Young is helping students raise their aspirations and think big through a new start up scheme for under 18s.

THE EXPAT FACTOR | Liz Koops is a theatrical entrepreneur who brought sell-out shows Tap Dogs and Priscilla Queen of The Desert to the UK stage. She is managing director of Back Row Productions, winner of 2012 Australian Woman of the Year in the UK and has recently launched a ...

INTERVIEW | Submerge is a new Australian film which explores the pressures facing Gen Y. It is screening as part of the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on Tuesday 19 March 2013.

The Australian invasion of Hollywood has never been more evident than in Stoker, a Hitchcock style thriller now showing in UK theatres.

Australian Times contributor Elizabeth Glanville and fellow writer Fiona McCready will launch their debut novels, The Imaginist and Patchwork, in Camden on 21 February.

REVIEW | Japanese food features heavily on every Australian's favourite dining experiences. With not one, but five Japanese favourites on my list back home, it's been a long search to find a replacement in London. This week I continued the hunt with Satsuma in Soho.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | One of the key factors in being a successful leader is the ability to connect and build rapport with those around you. When it comes to effective communication, face-to-face will always win out over texts.

The once steady stream of Aussies to London and the UK, seeking culture, challenge and, in later years, money, seems to be on the verge of reversing fortunes. UK Home Office research released last week shows that a distinct trend in UK professionals pursuing opportunities abroad.

Australian folk singer/songwriter Darren Hanlon has had a career spanning more than a decade, five solo albums, three EPs and eight singles. If you haven't heard of him yet, GEORGE KATRALIS tells you why you should have.

Ahead of her first UK stand-up show since 1999, Judith Lucy talks to GEORGE KATRALIS about her journey up through the ranks of Australian comedy, and what she would do with Ryan Gosling if she had the chance.

The Sapphires will be flying the flag for the Australian movie industry at the upcoming BFI London Film Festival.

At Tourism Australia’s 2012 marketing launch in London, GEORGE KATRALIS met Dewayne Everettsmith, singer and songwriter, and learnt all about his remarkable journey from Australian Idol to the voice of this year’s campaign.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | Serving up the traditional British delicacy of Black Pudding this week is our Aussie man in the kitchen. Just don’t ask him what it’s made of….

We give you a rundown of some of the best films to go and see at FilmFest Australia.

It is time! The Aussie cinematic event of the year - FilmFest Australia — is here and the team behind the former London Australian Film Festival are ultra-excited to be bringing two unmissable weekends of Australian cinema to the capital.

If 21 years ago The Wiggles had any idea they would still be performing to pre-schoolers around the world today a few things may have been done differently, according to Red Wiggle Murray Cook. There may have been a female Wiggle and Murray may have chosen a different colour skivvy.

Steven McRae, Australian Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet, starred in the Royal Opera House's performance of La Fille Mal Gardee as it was broadcast to hundreds of cinema screens worldwide.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | We've got the low down on the Kate Miller-Hiedke v Anthony Callea stoush; plus Smokin’ Joe Mehkael plans his revenge and the Annandale Hotel dunnies get a make over.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | Welcome back YTT, we're excited to see how the old show goes with a new feel! We're also feeling London's icy chill at the moment but have some Aussie music news that will warm your bones. Oh, and we pay tribute to the album.

VOTE NOW | In honour of Australia Day, we asked our readers via Facebook to name the songs that make an expat Aussie homesick. Here's the top ten. Now it's your job to choose the #1.

Australia Day, that holiest of days for Aussies, is one huge celebration of everything Australian. And I can’t think of anything better to celebrate than the fact that I am, you are, we are — Australian.

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.