Australia will do what it can in the future to assist Malaysia to locate the missing flight in whatever state it is in, Defence Minister David Johnston said here Monday.
Australia's employment market is firmly entrenched on the frontline of an economy in desperate transition as job cuts across manufacturing and mining have been compounded this month by upheavals at Holden, Toyota and the national airline Qantas.
Australian government has apologized to Indonesia after Australian vessels under the border protection policy had "inadvertently" breached Indonesian territorial waters "on several occasions".
Australian researchers, main stream media and citizens criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was in flagrant disregard of the strong opposition of his Asian neighbors, for his visit last month to Tokyo' Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial which enshrines Japan's war dead including 14 Class-A war criminals of World War II.
Australia's services sector finished 2013 in negative territory with the Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) down 2.8 points to 46.1 in December, the Australian Industry (Ai Group) said Monday.
There are about 100 Australians who are fighting with extremists in Syria have joined one of the world's deadliest terrorist group, The Australian newspaper reported Tuesday in its exclusive report.
Printed books will be the hottest gifts during this Christmas in Australia as the demand for books is booming, according to the local media.
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey announced on Friday that the Australian government has conditionally approved a foreign investment application from the State Grid Corporation of China to acquire 19.9 percent of SP AusNet and 60 percent of SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Limited and SPI (Australia) Trust (trading as Jemena).
The Australian National University Dictionary Centre (ANDC), based in Canberra, confirmed in a statement on Friday that they have selected "bitcoin" as the 2013 Word of the Year.
Among the disturbing footage, a bound animal is blinded with a knife, while another is knee-capped with bullets from an assault rifle.
Australian police in the past weekend have released the name of a teenage surfer who has died from what appears certain to be the Australian east coast's first shark attack of the new Australian summer.
Australian economists have predicted that the central bank is likely to keep the cash rate on hold in December and the chances of rate cuts in the coming year are slim as the nation's economy strengthens, local media reported on Friday.
A delegation of New Zealand government ministers will meet with their Australian counterparts this week to discuss the prospects of expanding trade with Asia.
About 200 people staged a rally outside Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, expressing disagreement with Australia's tapping action.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the Australian housing market could "overshoot" due to recent jump in house prices and growing investor expectations.
Indonesia said Tuesday it is reviewing cooperation with Australia after an alleged spying case conducted by Australia against the country, marking Jakarta's latest response to the incident after recalling its ambassador in Canberra on Monday.
The Australian government will provide a further 20 million AU dollars (almost 18.61 million US dollars) and deploy additional Australian Defence Force logistic support to help the Philippines to respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing total Australian assistance to over 30 million AU dollars (almost 27.91 million US dollars), Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday.