Australia reports coldest day in 100 years
Widespread cloud and persistent rainfall has kept temperatures down right across Queensland. Longreach, in the Central West, received persistent rain from Tuesday evening, dropping the temperatures by...
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Gillard declares she wants Australia to become a republic when Queen dies
TONY Abbott believes it is “far from certain” Australia will become a republic in his lifetime, after Labor signalled a new push on the issue. Julia Gillard today declared she wants Australia to...
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Pauline Hanson decides Australia is paradise after all
People are leaving Europe because of immigration from poor countries and diktats from EU bureaucrats, right-wing firebrand Pauline Hanson said Sunday after abandoning plans to move to Britain. ‘I love...
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Floods bring crocodile warning for Australia’s north
An estuarine crocodile better known as the saltwater or saltie, lying in the sun on the banks of the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. Flooding in Australia's tropical north...
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Australian floods reach ‘biblical proportions’
Disaster: Properties across central Queensland are inundated by floodwaters. The Fitzroy River was at 8.8 metres - and expected to rise to nine metres Woman, 41, drowns trying to drive across flooded...
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Cyclone Yasi hits Queensland coastline as thousands hide in shelters
Battering: The giant Cyclone Yasi hits the Australian shore at northeast Queensland. Cyclone Yasi hit the Australian coastline today as tens of thousands holed up in shelters to survive the worst storm...
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Australian woman abused in UAE, jailed for 8 months for complaining to police
Nightmare ordeal: Alicia Gali is warning other women to be cautious overseas. A Queensland woman spent eight months in a United Arab Emirates jail for adultery after complaining to police about being...
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Wombat diagnosed with depression from ‘lack of hugs’
Primadonna: Tonka dropped a fifth of his body weight because he was depressed that he wasn't getting enough cuddles. Now Donna Kilpatrick, 16 and Jayden Doevendans, 16, have cheered him up. Handlers at...
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9,000 Aussies ordered to evacuate flood-hit south
Australians build up a levee to prevent flood waters in the New South Wales town of Charleville on February 4, 2012. Nearly 9,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in Australia’s...
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Australian Labor party nearly wiped out in Queensland
Australia’s ruling Labor party is reeling from a devastating loss in a state election in Queensland, increasing the pressure of Julia Gillard, the prime minister. The extent of the loss – which left...
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Australia lists the Koala as a Threatened Species
Koala populations in parts of the country face a ‘serious threat’ from urban expansion and climate change, government says. The Australian government has listed the koala as a threatened species in...
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Australia sees the last total solar eclipse of 2012
The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse in Auckland, New Zealand. A total solar eclipse was observed on Tuesday (13th) from 17:40 (GMT) in the state of Queensland,...
View ArticleA Victory for Liberty in The Fluoridation Wars
Nearly 200,000 Australians have been released from the medical slavery that is artificial water fluoridation thanks to a major governmental policy change. The Liberal National Party (LNP) government...
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Flood wreaks havoc on eastern Australia
Flood wreaked havoc on the state of Queensland, Australia, in January 2011. Thousands of people in eastern Australia have been cut off from their homes by floodwaters, following thunderstorms and...
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Cyclone Ita hits Australia 16000 homes without power
Thousands of homes in Australia’s Barrier Reef coastal region remain without power and face clean water shortages as Cyclone Ita continues to batter the northern coastline. Emergency authorities...
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Australia to reverse plan to dump mud on Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government is pondering a new plan for disposal of waste from expanding the country’s port of Abbot Point, which would see the dredged mud and sand reused on land instead of being...
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Jordanian jailed for Australia embassy threat
Ali al-Hasanat, a Jordanian man, has been put in prison for threatening to blow up the Australian embassy in Amman. A Jordanian man has been put in prison for threatening to blow up the Australian...
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Spiders, Snakes in shoes and gruesome bites are turning travelers off Australia
Emerging from shoes, lying undetected in toilets, waiting patiently in cars and on walls, native wildlife has earned Australia the tag of a country brimming with deadly creatures. Emerging from shoes,...
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Autism, higher IQ link discovered
A recent study suggests that genes tied to autism development risk are associated with higher intelligence in people. The study was carried out by researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and...
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Australia seeks US advice on impact of harmful fracking polluting water supply
Australia sought guidance from US environmental regulators about the impact of fracking on water supplies. The practice is currently banned in some Australian states, but the federal government wants...
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