If you saw a picture of your baby on national TV and the commentators called him or her “ugly,” what would you do? The Australian sports program The Footy Show is finding out after doing just that on an episode last week. Panelists posted a photo of 18-month-old Bella and said that someone sent the photo [...]Show More Summary
By QFinance: By Anthony Harrington What does any nation with a significant amount of trade with China want? Probably many things, but a free floating renminbi exchange rate would be high on the list. China knows that the pressure isShow More Summary
Result of an Australian National Rugby League match played on Monday: Manly Sea Eagles 4 Sydney Roosters 16 Sunday Canberra Raiders 44 Newcastle Knights 14 Gold Coast Titans 15 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 Penrith Panthers 12 Melbourne...Show More Summary
Ian Hall is a Senior Fellow at the Australian National University. Every student of international relations has, at some point, been required to read Kenneth Waltz, who died on 13 May aged 88. He was the preeminent international theorist...Show More Summary
The 2013 Defence White Paper (the White Paper) addresses the range of significant international and domestic developments which influence Australia’s national security and defence settings, including their impact on force posture, future force structure and the Defence budget. Show More Summary
When Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the national budget yesterday, he blamed the nation’s $17.8 billion deficit on the stubbornly high Australian dollar, softening company-tax revenue and a slowdown of the China-driven mining sector. Show More Summary
Results of Australian National Rugby League matches played on Sunday: Canberra Raiders 44 Newcastle Knights 14 Gold Coast Titans 15 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 Penrith Panthers 12 Melbourne Storm 10 Saturday New Zealand Warriors 16...Show More Summary
The National's new album, Trouble Will Find Me, is currently streaming on their iTunes page a week ahead of its May 21 release. Ditto Daft Punk's Random Access Memories. And it's not new-new, but Australian/Swedish duo Say Lou Lou — a.k.a. Show More Summary
New national standards for domestic commercial vessels covering crew competencies and operations have been unanimously agreed by the Standing Council of Transport and Infrastructure. The Council consists of Transport, Infrastructure [...]
This is Skywhale, a giant hot air balloon created by artist Patricia Piccinin for the Australian National Gallery. Now that's some fine art if I've ever seen it and I've been on over a dozen museum field trips. Plus we went to Gettysburg...Show More Summary
It might be the biggest-selling segment in the Australian new-car market, but a new report suggests buying an SUV brings out the worst in motorists. A survey of 3726 Australian drivers for national insurer AAMI reveals that SUV owners -13.6 percent of respondents - react worst to frustration on the road. Show More Summary
Results of Australian National Rugby League matches played on Saturday: New Zealand Warriors 16 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 Parramatta Eels 19 Brisbane Broncos 18 Friday South Sydney Rabbitohs 28 North Queensland Cowboys 10 Wests Tigers 6 Cronulla Sharks 30 afp
Australian artist Andrew Rogers has been creating sculptures for world leaders for decades. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Mexican President Vincente Fox and the late Nazi hunter and holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal have all commissioned his work. So it’s little surprise that...
Ben Saul, professor of international law at the University of Sydney, highlights a feature of Australian federal law that makes it a criminal offence for an Australian national to take up arms on the side of the rebels in Syria....
Result of an Australian National Rugby League match played on Monday: St George Illawarra Dragons 18 Manly Sea Eagles 24 Sunday New Zealand Warriors 25 Gold Coast Titans 24 Newcastle Knights 20 Cronulla Sharks 21 Sydney Roosters 30 Penrith...Show More Summary
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up after the Australian Central Bank lowered interest rates in an effort to boost the nation's economy. Caterpillar stock is leading the Dow today, as the interest rate cut bodes well for demand in Australia. Show More Summary
Results of Australian National Rugby League matches played on Saturday: Melbourne Storm 20 Canberra Raiders 24 Parramatta Eels 10 North Queensland Cowboys 14 Friday Brisbane Broncos 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 Canterbury Bulldogs 40 Wests Tigers 4 afp
Photo via Shutterstock The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned the Australian government on Saturday that it may downgrade the World Heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef as early as next year. UNESCO is
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Defence Minister Stephen Smith today released the 2013 Defence White Paper. The 2013 Defence White Paper complements the National Security Strategy released on 23 January 2013, and the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper released on 28 October 2012. These three documents are a statement of the priority the [...]
(Video Link) Stuntbear's Australian version of Star Wars, we can safety assume, is a completely accurate depiction of the culture of that nation. Here is Episode IV: A New Bloke--a tale of courage, cricket and pubs. I hope that Episode VII features koalas in place of Ewoks. -via Daily of the Day