Johnny Depp and his wife is clearly not happy about what happened after the trial over bringing their pet dogs illegally in Australia. Amber Heard was sentenced with A$1,000 good behavior bond for pleading guilty falsifying travel documents.
The Australian Government blocked the efforts of China to buy a cattle industry that entails 1% of the total landmass of the country. The government stated that the blockage is due to national interest concerns.
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruled that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on the nation's Manus Island is unconstitutional. Australia has a policy of refusing entry to asylum seekers and it pays Papua New Guinea and Nauru to host these refugees in detention camps.
The U.S. government on Monday approved a deal between the U.S. firms and Australia. This is to let the U.S. firms to sell its close ally Australia US$1.22 billion in air-to-air missiles and support equipment.
Former professional tennis player Nick Lindahl was arrested for trying to fix a match he told a friend who had bet on the match that he’d be stupid if he didn’t “tank” matches. The 27-year-old was found guilty of concealing conduct that corrupted the betting outcome in Burwood Local Court.
U.S. energy giant Peabody filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Wednesday. The company had to declare its inability to pay its $10.1 billion debt following low energy sector and drastic plunge of coal price.
More than 800 wealthy Australians are under investigation by the Australian Taxation Office for possible tax evasion linked to their alleged dealings with a Panama-based law firm.
A 16-year-old school girl was apprehended in Sydney earlier this week for transferring thounsands of dollars to Islamic State to fund the group's terror activities. The girl faces charges on terror financing.
Clive Palmer was told to stop using his company's pipeline that pumps toxic materials into the Great Barrier Reef Park, a World Heritage Site. Palmer refuses and challenges the decision in court. Now, Palmer's company faces possible downfall.
According to a new research conducted by an accounting firm, the plebiscite on same-sex marriage would inflict a $525 million blow to the economy, and would cause major social harm.
Australia’s Parliament passed a measure legalizing medical marijuana. The Australian government has passed new national laws to permit the use of medicinal marijuana (cannabis) by people with painful and chronic illnesses.
The Closing the Gap policy was enacted to ensure that the Indigenous population of Australia would have improved standards of living. However, the report on this reveals that while they may have some successes, the Aboriginal population of Australia are still far away from reaching that goal.
Australia is loosening its tight laws against marijuana and other drugs as legislators propose a new bill that would legalize marijuana for medical and scientific use.
Roosh V, founder of a community that is advocating the legalization of rape, has called for the cancellation of "pro-rape" meetings around the world after receiving threats and security concerns.
The Australian Government made a bold and family-friendly move by allowing female lawmakers to breastfeed their babies inisde the Austalian Parliament.
