Protesters take to roof following similar demonstration pattern as Sri Lankan detainees along with Iraqi, Iranian who spent 30 hours
Tribunal rules former navy ship can be sunk to create a reef if it is thoroughly decontaminated first
Magnitude 7 earthquake devastated parts of Christchurch early Saturday but no one was killed
Political deadlock shows no sign of being resolved quickly as two major parties secure no majority, need support of independents
Exit polls, partial results show neither governing Labor Party nor conservative Liberal-National likely to get clear majority
Three-week air combat 'Exercise Pitch Black' joined by military personnel from New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand, concludes this week
Reopening camp on tiny South Pacific island of Nauru meant to deter a steady flow of asylum seekers arriving by boat
Australian researchers say they have developed laser tracking system that will stop space debris colliding with spacecraft, satellites
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith discusses Canberra's plans to build a refugee transit camp in neighboring East Timor
After ship ran aground, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says damage so severe it could take marine life 20 years to recover
Australia's Labor government says asylum applications will be frozen for up to six months and asylum seekers are being sent home
Australian officials say cost of accident likely to run into tens of millions of dollars
Authorities move refugees from Christmas Island to Villawood - a facility criticized for recent escapes
Residents in one North Island town warned local water levels so low that they are in danger of running out
Short movie Priya which began as undergraduate project at Flinders University in Adelaide, became advertisement for cultural harmony
Government aims to create finance hub for nearly one billion Muslims in Asia-Pacific region
Last year 50 children drowned in Australia, while in Asia as many as 350,000 drowned
As many as 200 million cane toads in Australia pose a threat to native wildlife
Researchers find protein produced by malaria parasites that provokes immune response, which is key to vaccine production
Australian government vehemently opposes annual hunt that Japan insists is undertaken for scientific purposes
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