Tag: Australia

Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the Australian Parliament, accusing him of sexism and misogyny - full transcript of the speech.

Are you moving back to Australia, have a UK pension and you’re not quite sure what to do with it?

If you too are set to pack up your UK life and return home to Australia, here’s a few expert tips to help make the task a little less daunting.

TWEETS OF THE WEEK | Twitter trends hot for Julia Gillard's smackdown speech about Tony Abbott's misogynistic and sexist behavior.

Renowned Australian author Bryce Courtenay has revealed his stomach cancer is terminal but says he's ready to die.

Sometimes it can be tough living so far away from home and family, but for MELISSA SHORTAL who has lived in London for quite some years now, she has become acclimatised to being away from Australia. There are however, some Australian bits and pieces that she just can’t live without ...

It’s over. The summer Olympics is done and dusted. My Games Maker uniform is washed, folded away and sitting in storage. The atmosphere was jubilant, encouraging and supportive. We clapped and cheered until the last person crossed over the finish line. I felt a sense of solidarity with athletes, volunteers ...

A healthy economy and better job opportunities in Australia are luring thousands of expats back home as Australia’s jobs growth rate hits an eight-year high and unemployment in Europe reaches record levels.

With all the Olympics excitement in London at the moment, it's very easy to forget that there is a world out there beyond the medal chasing supreme beings that are our national Olympians.

Hello fair people of Great Britain! Greetings from the azure skies and jonquil-yellow beaches of Australia, jolly John and Jane Bulls! Yes, you know who you are; cheeky chappies and lasses who have been naughtily skipping your studies for intense sports training!

So often the UK summer disappoints and many Australian expats living in the UK are left longing for the hot Australian sun.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | The Australian government aims to further increase skilled migration with changes coming in to effect on 1 July 2012, including the SkillSelect initiative.

If you’ve been away from home for a while and are thinking of returning to Australia (or thinking of moving there!) you might want to book a seat at the upcoming Australian Property Info Sessions in London.

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.

In the lead-up to Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray's performance in London on 12 April 2012, he spoke to Will Fitzgibbon about his new album Blue Sky Blue.

Australian Times' Will Fitzgibbon spoke to Director of DV8 Physical Theatre, Australian Lloyd Newson, before going to see the much-discussed performance Can We Talk About This? at London's National Theatre.

Ayers Rock Resort, Uluru's premier resort complex in Australia's Red Centre, gets a stylish makeover and increases its cultural draw cards for international and domestic visitors.

LIFE AFTER LONDON | It's suddenly dawned on me is that I'm an uneducated Australian who spent two years drowning out her Australian knowledge with beer and long flights on the other side of the world.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | This week's Music from the Motherland guest writers are the glamorous up-and-coming Aussie band in London, Bonfire Nights...

LIFE AFTER LONDON | I was only in London for two years, but that was long enough for most of my friends to learn some or all of the following grown-up words: mortgage, children and marriage.

Australia Day in London: A guide to the best events, from the formal to the outright debaucherous, for Australian expats and their mates get together for an explosion of green and gold in celebration of the land down under.

2012 will be my sixth consecutive year that I’ve been in the northern hemisphere in January, but the first year that I’ve not boarded the 24-hour flight to be home by the 26th.

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.

I looked at Facebook over breakfast and it was alive with talk of sun, sea, sand, steak, salads, sheilas, beer, BBQs, blokes, cricket and a day off. I pulled on my green and gold and tried to think warm thoughts as I struggled into my London winter coat.

LIFE AFTER LONDON | It's been two months since I moved back to Australia but I’ve already noticed a couple of changes in myself.

Looking ahead to Australia Day, we preview and predict a few of the songs and artists likely to feature on Triple J's Hottest 100 list. Are we right?

For Aussie residents in north London this year Bar Solo in Camden will be hosting a bunch of Australian artists to mark the day.

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.

Scottish actor Billy Boyd was recently in Australia and he found time to chat to LESLEY SLADE about The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, as well as his love of surfing, Jedis and music…

RIGHT SAID ED | 2011 has been an action packed year for Australian Times. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers and our writers, for contributing to such an awesome year.

Nick Cave has announced his project Grinderman is over. Cave used the band's headline set at Meredith Music Festival in Victoria to declare that Grinderman are no more.

RIGHT SAID ED | It's that time of year when inevitably my expat Aussie mind starts thinking of home. Thinking of the sun and the surf and my mates playing cricket on the beach. Of Christmas with the fam. Of an Aussie summer and cold VBs on the back verandah.

‘Austerity’ is a word I'd never heard before coming to the UK. I had to look it up. Coming from the land of milk and honey, ‘prosperity’ was the word of choice, especially in WA. But has Australia really changed so much over the past five years?

Ask the average Australian which is Australia’s fastest growing city and they’d probably tell you it was Brisbane, the Gold Coast or Sydney. Many people are surprised when they find out it’s actually Melbourne.

Some of my Pommy mates reckon I take things too far sometimes. I support Australia and anyone who is playing England. I don’t see why I have to relax my sporting beliefs just because I live here in the UK.

The relationship between Oscar Wilde and Australia is often a conflicted one. Much like the relationship between the celebrated playwright and his 'new' play, Constance, showing at north London's King's Head Theatre.

It was the story that painted South Australia as the serial killer capital of Australia and made a small country town a tourist attraction for all the wrong reasons. The “bodies in the barrels” case was seemingly made to be portrayed as a Saw style horror film yet director Justin ...

Australia’s longest running TV drama will decamp for Port Douglas as Neighbours puts Tropical North Queensland streets ahead.

The Beautiful Girls frontman, Mat. McHugh, is finally ready to introduce himself to the world.

Anyone buying a house in Australia for the first time - including migrants with a permanent residence visa - is eligible for the First Home Owner Grant.

Whatever your reasons might be for packing up and heading off, you might like to know that the Queensland Government is currently looking to fill over 150,000 job vacancies in various locations and vocations.

Australian homes remain the largest in the world, figures show, but may have hit their peak - due to an ageing population and Gen Y indifference to home ownership.

GO HARD OR GO HOME | I refuse to give in to the taunts. I’ll continue to talk the Australian way, because calling White Out 'Tipp-Ex' is just not cricket.

For many Poms heading to Australia, the attraction is in the idea of absolute escape. But for the Brit who wants to move to Australia permanently, the attraction is less tied to an idea of exploration and the exotic.

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH: Make the most of the Aussie property market now.

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH: Getting on the ladder is the hardest part but the sooner we take that first tentative step onto the property ladder, the better it is for our future financial well-being.

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH: Look to the west if you want to invest

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH: Australia’s property hotspots are there for the taking and according to a report by the property group Australian Homebuyers International (AHI), Aussie online property searches continue to grow.

THE HARD NOSED TRUTH | For many returning Australian expats the thought of moving away from their overseas homes can be an over-whelming prospect. However, with proper planning this can become exciting as well as financially rewarding.