Government And Politics

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Usain Bolt to make run at pro soccer in Australia

Jul 17, 2018

Trading spikes for boots, Usain Bolt ready to make run at pro soccer in Australia

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Australian police chief apologizes to indigenous people

Jul 12, 2018

An Australian state police chief has made an historic apology to indigenous people who are overrepresented in prisons and vowed to improve race relations.

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Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal

Jul 12, 2018

Rebel Wilson has applied to Australia's highest court to increase the comic actress's payout from a defamation case against a magazine publisher

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New Zealand lawmaker fined for making phone call from plane

Jul 9, 2018

New Zealand's transport minister says he will pay a small fine for violating aviation rules by making a cellphone call from a plane

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New Zealand to buy 4 Boeing military planes from the US

Jul 9, 2018

New Zealand has agreed to buy four Boeing maritime patrol planes from the U.S.

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Fake gynecologist and sex offender sent to Australian prison

Jul 6, 2018

A fake gynecologist who never attended medical school but passed himself off as an infertility expert in Australia for a decade has been sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison

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Pacific nations plan new security pact as Chinese aid grows

Jul 6, 2018

Officials say Australia and New Zealand are set to seal a new security agreement with their Pacific island neighbors as China increases its influence in the region

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Kim Dotcom loses latest legal bid to avoid US extradition

Jul 5, 2018

Flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues have lost their latest bid to avoid extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges

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Australia bishop appeals conviction for protecting pedophile

Jul 4, 2018

Australia's prime minister has called on an Australian archbishop to resign after becoming the most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse

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Nauru criticized for banning Australian state broadcaster

Jul 4, 2018

Nauru has been accused of restricting press freedom by banning an Australian state-owned broadcaster from attending an international forum that the tiny Pacific atoll-nation will host in September