The federal Finance Minister of Australia, Penny Wong, has welcomed a new addition to her family. Newly birthed, Alexandra, was born in Adelaide’s Women and Children’s hospital. The baby was born 9 days early. However, the baby is in healthy condition and is showing signs of a healthy development. The impending birth was announced back [...]
Recently MP Craig Thomson was accused of paying for prostitutes through the use of union credit cards. There has been lots of controversy surrounding this accusation as well, mainly because this could be very bad news for Prime Minister Julia Gillard. This is because according to the Australian constitution the accused could be forced to [...]
The Australian citizenship test was designed to help people who wish to become Australian citizens gain an understanding of the values, traditions, history, and national symbols of Australia. Given only in English, it would also prove the applicants proficiency in English. Today, the federal government is facing calls to scrap Australia’s test because thousands of [...]
The Japanese Inpex Gas project is not a dream anymore. The plans for a gas project in Darwin have gone from the drawing boards to becoming a reality, which may soon be true. The plot has been found 850 kilometers at Darwin’s Harbour. Australia’s federal government Environment Minister, Tony Burke, gave the approval for the [...]
Donald Trump played the media for a fool. From the very outset of his announcing he might be running for President, it’s obvious that he was only doing it to get attention. And if anybody doesn’t believe that, then they can take a look at the “issue” he had regarding the citizenship of President Barack [...]
A plea from the Anglican Church to slow the Australian population was denied recently by the Australian government. It is reported that the Australian population has grown at least four times faster than that of the Chinese, and at least double the rate at which the United States population has grown. Recent studies have projected [...]
After much backlash and anger by the public, the budget proposal that would have affected thousands of families that got childcare assistance was turned down today. Treasurer Wayne Swan rejected a proposal to means test the 50 per cent childcare rebate for families with combined family incomes over $150,000. If the proposal went through an [...]
While the Department of Defence is still trying to sort out the latest sexual assault and misconduct allegations at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, the Gillard administration announced today that it would remove the ban on women serving in dangerous combat roles. “What you do in the forces should be determined by your [...]
The citizens of Australia have spoken. And the silence is deafening. The bully sales report from the Australian government for illegal party drugs spells a windfall for organized crime here and abroad. There are some circles down under which, while acknowledging the severity of the findings, applaud the government for its forthrightness in sharing them. [...]
Soldiers of the Australian Defence Force and Afghan troops working together have dealt a series of blows to the anticipated Taliban spring offensive in Oruzgan Province, also called Uruzgan Province, in south-central Afghanistan. Major General Angus Campbell, Commander of the Australian Forces in the Middle East, reported that “Partnered Special Forces” had killed or captured [...]
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