Новости по теме Australia

Hugh Jackman to be honoured at Spain's San Sebastian film festival Australian actor Hugh Jackman will receive a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival which gets underway Friday in Spain with 13 movies in competition for the best film award.

19 September 2013

200 years of Australian art on show in London A major exhibition of Australian art opens in London on Saturday, charting 200 years of extraordinary change through the country's relationship with its dramatic landscape.

18 September 2013

Kazakhstan racer wins World Rally Championship stage in Australia Kazakhstan's Arman Smailov has won a stage in the World Rally Championship in Australia.

16 September 2013

Historic child abuse inquiry opens in Australia An Australian inquiry into church and institutional child abuse began public hearings, with warnings.

16 September 2013

New Australian PM to stick with PNG boatpeople policy Australia's new prime minister Tuesday said he will stand by a policy to send boatpeople to Papua New Guinea, but insisted a military-led response will remain his main focus.

10 September 2013

Australia votes with Abbott set for landslide win Millions of Australians voted in national elections Saturday with conservative challenger Tony Abbott heading for a thumping victory over Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

08 September 2013

Australian election clock ticks down on divisive campaign A poisonous Australian election campaign reaches its climax on Saturday with conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott on track to become the nation's next prime minister at the expense of Labor's Kevin Rudd.

05 September 2013

Australian tycoon to sue Murdoch, claims wife 'Chinese spy' Flamboyant Australian billionaire Clive Palmer on Thursday said he plans to sue Rupert Murdoch over unflattering allegations and claimed the media mogul's estranged wife is a Chinese spy.

05 September 2013

Australia PM Rudd clashes with pastor on gay marriage Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has clashed with a Christian pastor over gay marriage, using the Bible to support his argument as he explained his change of heart on the issue.

03 September 2013

Australia opposition's asylum-seeker plan 'crazy': Indonesian MP A senior Indonesian lawmaker on Tuesday described as "crazy" a plan by the front-runner for Australia's election to pay Indonesians for unseaworthy boats to stem the flow of asylum-seekers.

28 August 2013

Australia's Billabong posts mammoth $771mn loss Embattled Australian surfwear brand Billabong reported a huge Aus$859.5 million (US$771.7 million) net annual loss Tuesday -- triple the firm's market value and far worse than analyst forecasts.

27 August 2013

Assange blames Manning, Snowden for WikiLeaks Party chaos Julian Assange on Thursday took responsibility for the resignation of a key candidate from his WikiLeaks Party running in Australian elections, blaming his focus on Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning.

22 August 2013

Australian PM says he is far from 'dead and buried' Embattled Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned Thursday he was nowhere near being "dead and buried" after a debate.

22 August 2013

Australian lodges fork in penis for sexual pleasure Shocked doctors had to perform emergency surgery on a man in the Australian capital Canberra after he lodged a 10 centimetre (four-inch) steel fork inside his penis for sexual pleasure.

20 August 2013

Asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 sinking off Australia A rescue operation was under way Tuesday after an asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 people began sinking north of Australia, two weeks away from an election where boatpeople are a key policy issue.

20 August 2013

Young Australians getting fatter: study Young Australians have a reputation for being fit and enjoying a sporty, outdoorsy lifestyle, but research released Monday found they are stacking on more weight than any other age group.

19 August 2013

Australian PM's support slumps ahead of election A defiant Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned Monday not to write him off as a new poll showed his popularity slumping barely three weeks away from elections.

19 August 2013

Australian drug mule Corby a step closer to release The corrections board on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has recommended jailed Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby for parole.

17 August 2013

Too late to stop extreme heat waves: study Climate change will trigger harsher and more frequent heat waves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of Earth-warming carbon dioxide we emit.

16 August 2013

Katy Perry confronts Australia's Abbott on gay marriage US pop star Katy Perry on Thursday took Tony Abbott to task over his stance on gay marriage, telling the Australian opposition leader she would not vote for him.

15 August 2013

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