By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 October 2006 Ambassador Christopher Hill The chief U.S. envoy for North Korean affairs says Australia could play a vital role inenforcing U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang that were imposed following its test of a nuclear wea...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 October 2006 One-thousand people in Australia have conducted a four-day bird flu exercise that simulated the arrival of a planeload of flu-stricken passengers at Brisbane's international airport. The drill included customs o...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 07 September 2006 Australian officials are expressing concern over death sentences handed to six of its citizens in Indonesian for drug smuggling. Indonesia's use of the death penalty is a cause of concern in Australia, whic...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 August 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard Australia's conservative government has withdrawn a controversial asylum bill before the Senate looked ready to defeat it. Prime Minister John Howard, whose 10 years in offic...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 May 2006 Australia is considering adopting controversial citizenship tests for immigrants. New settlers could be quizzed on their understanding of Australian cultural values a...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 April 2006 Residents watch the smoke rise in Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 after a night of rioting in the aftermath of the election of Snyde...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 27 March 2006 Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Australia Monday to remain steadfast in its commitment in Iraq as Australian opposition leaders push for the...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 07 March 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard says his government will watch closely to see how India and the United States work out the details of their groundbreaki...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 March 2006 Australian troops serving in Iraq are to stay on for another year. The announcement was made by the Australian Defense Minister, Brendan Nelson, during a surprise v...
Australia is a unique country. It's the world's largest island, but it's also the world's smallest continent. In fact, Australia is the only country that is also a continent. It's about the size of th...