SYDNEY: Thirteen people were confirmed dead and dozens missing after a suspected people-smuggling boat sank off Australia´s remote Christmas Island, authorities said Sunday. Home Affairs
CANBERRA, Australia: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard caved in to building pressure and called a leadership ballot of parliamentarians in her Labor party for later Thursday. “I have determined that
CANBERRA, Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised Australians on Wednesday by announcing that elections will be held Sept. 14, in a country where governments have traditionally given the opposition little
BRISBANE: Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast, killing four people and prompting around 1,000 helicopter evacuations. With floodwaters expected to peak