Indian couple gets right to stay in Australia
Source: NewKerala
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-15 05:30:31 -0700 | political-news
A court in Canberra ruled in favour of the couple who hail from Punjab after their plea for refugee status was rejected by Australian immigration and refugee authorities. However, there is still a chance of them getting deported as the...
David Attenborough fit enough to reschedule Australian tour
Source: DAWN
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-14 05:13:40 -0700 | political-news
Veteran nature show presenter David Attenborough said on Thursday he had recovered sufficiently from heart surgery to reschedule a sell-out tour of Australia for next month. Attenborough, 87, known for his wildlife documentaries, earlier this month cancelled his speaking tour...
Canadian forces soldiers join search for missing Canadian in Australia
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-13 07:35:50 -0700 | political-news
The search for an Ontario man missing in a mountainous region of Australia is about to get a big boost from his military comrades, his family says. Ten members of the Canadian Armed Forces are taking it upon themselves to...
Queen's portrait defaced in Abbey
Source: BBC
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-13 14:49:59 -0700 | political-news
The painting by Ralph Heimans went on display in the Chapter House part of the Abbey last month. It was completed last year for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The incident comes nine days after the monarch and other members...
KPK questions witness in Century case in Australia
Source: The Jakarta Post
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-12 04:24:09 -0700 | political-news
She was questioned as a witness for suspect BM [Budi Mulya], said the commission's chief of information and media Priharsa Nugraha on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com. Galoeh was questioned at the Indonesian Embassy to Australia in Canberra, where she...
Labor government facing tough Australian election
Source: United Press International
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-11 11:24:59 -0700 | political-news
With less than 100 days before the Australian federal election, the governing Labor party is struggling at the polls and worried about a potentially humiliating defeat. In the 2010 election, Labor and the opposition coalition of the Liberal and National...
Brutal witch hunts mask jealousy in Papua New Guinea
Source: Fox
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-10 16:11:47 -0700 | political-news
Australia On a tropical island in Papua New Guinea where most people live in huts, a mob armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed a wooden house by night. They seized Helen Rumbali and three female relatives, set the...
Brutal witch hunts in PNG being linked to jealousy
Source: Boston.com
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-10 06:43:22 -0700 | political-news
Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy The Associated Press In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, hundreds of bystanders watch Helen Rumbali, a woman accused of witchcraft, being burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of...
UAE is a dynamic place
Source: Khaleej Times
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-09 21:59:40 -0700 | political-news
I did a combined arts and law degree at the University of Sydney. In my second to last year I realised I wasn't cut out to be a lawyer the only area I did find interesting was public international law....
Family of missing Canadian man doubles reward to $100K
Source: The Globe and Mail
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-09 06:31:16 -0700 | political-news
The Canadian Press Published Sunday, Jun. 09 2013, 9:25 AM EDT Last updated Sunday, Jun. 09 2013, 9:28 AM EDT The family of a Canadian man missing in Australia for nearly a month has doubled the reward for finding him....
U.S. surveillance row washes up on Pacific allies' shores
Source: Reuters
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-09 03:25:01 -0700 | political-news
Topics Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr talks to reporters after a joint news conference at the Foreign Ministry office in Jakarta April 3, 2013. Unease over a clandestine U.S. data collection program has rippled across the Pacific to two of...
Papua New Guinea faulted on handling of sorcery killings
Source: United Press International
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-07 14:34:34 -0700 | political-news
Papua New Guinea has an obligation to protect women from violence and killings involving sorcery, the U.N...Nancy Robinson in an interview with Radio Australia said Papua New Guinea's government has signed on to U.N. conventions that give it a duty...
Australia's election: 100 days to go
Source: BBC
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-05 22:19:05 -0700 | political-news
In a parliament often pilloried for its unruliness and childishness, last month saw a rare moment of cross-party accord. It came with the teary announcement from Martin Ferguson, a Labor minister who resigned from the government because of his support...
India, Australia sign MoU for info sharing on competition policy
Source: NewKerala
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-05 20:53:54 -0700 | political-news
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sharing information on significant developments in competition policy and enforcement developments in their respective jurisdictions. Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot, an official spokesman said here today.
Aussie MP's pack up before elections (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-06-05 18:14:43 -0700 | political-news
32 pm Two Australian MPs have seen the writing on the wall ahead of the September federal election. Labor backbenchers Alan Griffin and Daryl Melham are packing up their offices in Canberra in expectation of losing their seats in the...
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