Tag: News in Australia

Australian-owned company AussieMite have apologised for a new advertising campaign depicting a sacramental wafer being dipped into their yeast based spread during a Catholic mass.

The AFL has backed Collingwood’s refusal to stand down president Eddie McGuire for his racial comment directed at Sydney player Adam Goodes.

Several weeks after having a sandwich thrown at her during a school visit in Queensland, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to dodge more projectile food while announcing the Australian Capital Territory’s signing up to the Gonski education reforms at Canberra's Lyneham High School.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr won’t say whether Chinese hackers were behind a cyber attack targeting domestic spy agency ASIO.

Media personality Eddie McGuire has apologised to Sydney AFL player Adam Goodes for suggesting he should promote the King Kong musical.

Changes to the New South Wales Public Health Act will require parents to vaccinate their children or apply for an exemption before enrolling them in childcare facilities across the state.

Cardinal Pell apologises to inquiry for Catholic cover-up of child sex abuse and says church will pay compensation but not huge US sums.

Julia Gillard has agreed to a summit on the future of car making after Ford’s decision to stop manufacturing in Australia.

Hazel Hawke, the popular former wife of the Australian Labor Party’s longest serving Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died today after a long battle with dementia.

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.

Senior figures in the Australian Labor Party have lashed out at the powerful Australian Christian Lobby, with prominent government minister Penny Wong accusing the organisation of prejudice after they released a statement comparing the children of same sex couples to the Stolen Generation.

The federal coalition would not allow the privatisation of the ABC or SBS, says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

Billionaire resource magnate Clive Palmer has won a court battle worth millions of dollars, which centred around a single word in a contract.

Federal Labor backbencher and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has used his popular blog to outline his support for same sex marriage, writing that church and state “can have different positions” on the issue.

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

Feminist icon Ita Buttrose says it’s unfair Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops flak for her clothes, empty fruit bowl and her hair. Ms Buttrose also called for the introduction of quotas to address the minority representation of women in boardrooms.

Australia’s population will officially hit 23 million on Tuesday at 9:57pm AEST (12:57pm in the UK) according to projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The Queensland government have announced new changes to the state’s bicycle safety laws, creating an exemption to provide for members of the Sikh community that are unable to wear a helmet over their religiously-mandated turbans.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning her against naming a new governor-general before this year’s federal election. Government insiders are speculating Abbott intends to nominate former mentor John Howard to the position if the Coalition is elected in the September poll.

Menzies House, a think tank with links to the Liberal Party, has sparked controversy by publishing a tongue-in-cheek article advocating the death of underprivileged Australians as a method of managing the federal budget. Wayne Swan has labelled the piece by right wing business lobbyist Toby Ralph "a disgusting rant".

Divinyls lead singer and Australian music icon Chrissy Amphlett passed away today after a two year battle with cancer.

South Australia will transition to the full national disability insurance scheme, covering all people with a disability by mid-2019.

Whilst NASA seeks to reassure the world the apocalypse is not on its way on 21 December 2012, back in Australia our own Prime Minister fears the worst and tells concerned viewers “the end of the world is coming”.