The 44th Parliament of Australia started on Tuesday morning with a Welcome to Country and indigenous smoking ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra.
The Australian government will deliver 522 million Australian dollars(almost 494.91 million U.S. dollars)to boost its research and innovation sector by 1,177 new research projects funded by the Australia Research Council (ARC), Minister for Education Christopher Pyne announced Friday.
Malaysia has warned the United States and Australia against the alleged espionage activities in their embassies in Kuala Lumpur, local media reported Saturday.
Australian embassies are part of a U.S.-led global spying network and are being secretly used to intercept calls and data across Asia, local media reported on Thursday.
"Australia's longest war" is ending and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, is drawing down and will be complete by the end of the year, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in a statement on Tuesday when he made a surprise visit to Afghanistan.
Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and his wife Nicola will make an donation of 65 million AU dollars (61.5 million U.S. dollars) to alma mater, the University of Western Australia, making it the single largest donation in Australian history, local media reported on Monday.
Australia's economic growth is "no guarantee of rising riches for Australian families," as the latest official data on average household wealth has broken a decade of expansion by going into reverse from 2009, local media reported on Thursday.
Australia has announced additional measures to ensure automotive manufacturing sector has a strong future and continues to provide high-skill, high-wage jobs for Australians, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr said on Monday.
Cho Cho, adapted from Giacomo Puccini's classic Madame Butterfly by Australian playwright Daniel Keene, is the first musical co-produced by Chinese and Australian artists. It is expected to be staged in Sydney and Melbourne later this year.
The resource dependent Australian economy is in a holding pattern as the tension ahead of a critical federal election ramps up. All eyes are on the bell-weather retail industry and Aussie consumers, who, according to a leading economist, have "gone on strike" in 2013.
Protesters gathered outside Balmain Town Hall in Sydney's inner west on Monday morning, waiting for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's arrival for a Labor caucus meeting, local media reported.
More Australian Indigenous children and students from low-income families are getting the opportunity to go to university than ever before, Minister for Higher Education Kim Carr confirmed Monday.
The Australian government launched a monitoring program engaging a host of volunteers to help protect the iconic Great Barrier Reef, Environment Minister Tony Burke announced on Monday.
The Australia-China Business Awards, one of Australia's most prestigious awards, announced here their winners for this year Saturday, in recognition of some outstanding enterprises that have successfully contributed to business ties between the two countries.
Australian government will invest 36 million Australian dollars (35.3 million U.S. dollars) to expand its food into the growing Asian market which is mainly pulled by China, according to a new plan released recently.
Huawei Australia Thursday announced 2012 as its most successful year in Australia to date, citing revenues of 368 million AU dollars(358 million U.S.dollars).
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr believes the relationship between Australia and South Korea is still strong and unlikely to be affected by spy claims, local media reported on Thursday.
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