POLITICS & POLICY

HEMP attacks Sen Scot Ludlam on legalisation of marijuana

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants Papua New Guinea to speed up efforts in the processing of asylum seekers detained in Manus Island. He has arrived in Port Moresby for an official state visit. He will be meeting PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill for bilateral talks.

Malcolm Turnbull couldn’t understand why people buy house in an area where broadband isn’t available. The Minister for Communications caused outrage online when he questioned a woman’s priorities in buying a house.

While Twitter gave a unique gift to its users to check the very first tweet of every user (going viral with hashtag #FirstTweet), Turkey had other gift ideas on the birthday of the social media giant.

On April 1, Uruguay's legalisation of marijuana, the very first among the world, takes effect. To prepare for the influx of demand, the small South American nation has taken its sights on Canada to fill in the gaps.

The New Zealand government is considering a ban on inhumane animal testing of cosmetic products. The proposed changes to its animal welfare laws will legally require the government to stop animal testing, according to animal charity SAFE. The animal charity is leading the Be Cruelty-Free NZ campaign together with the Humane Society International. The proposed revision in New Zealand's animal welfare laws was introduced by Green Party MP Mojo Mathers which would make animal testing of cosmetic...

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Coalition government have failed in its first attempt to repeal Australia's carbon tax. The Australian Labour Party and the Greens used their numbers to their advantage in the Senate to block the carbon tax repeal with 33 votes against 29. According to reports, the move may possibly pave the way for a double dissolution election which may be decided by the government. The news of the block came following the Abbott government's immediate move to push a b...

Hillary Clinton hinted one more “Cold War” as she called the struggle between the West and Russia a “clash of values”.

The Australian Government imposes travel and financial bans over Crimea crisis

Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirms that two objects had been found through Australian led search above Indian Ocean

Australia's all poised to lift the hiatus it imposed on livestock exports to Egypt two years ago. Livestock exporters however aren't exactly excited to jump on the gun as the suspension timeline could have been lost to other exporters.

Julia Gillard’s famous speech about misogyny is now a musical. The former Australian prime minister delivered an impassioned speech against Tony Abbott’s apparent misogynistic treatment of her in 2012, which The Australian Voices have turned into a delightful musical.Ms Gillard was targeting Mr Abbott, who was then the leader of...

It probably is one of the most embarrassing moments for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos when he was caught on camera with a wet spot growing on his beige trousers. The incident happened on Saturday while he was talking to political supporters in the coastal city of Barranquilla.

A 20-year-old man was arrested near the Canada-U.S. border. According to prosecutors, he expressed his desire to join Islamic extremists.

A Canadian family residing in Calgary have been slapped with identity theft, spanning at least 114 fraud charges. Police alleged the family - a couple, two of their children and their daughter-in-law - pocketed $56,000 in the scam that involved Home Depot credit cards.

Australia's second-biggest department store chain, David Jones Ltd, has appointed an advisor to help look into the A$3.4-billion ($3.09-billion) merger offer being flaunted by much bigger rival Myer Holdings Ltd. This after it rejected a proposal earlier lodged by the latter in just less than two months ago.

Former Australian soldier, Caner Temel, died fighting alongside Syrian rebels

Home at last. The last 84 Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan have touched down at Ottawa airport on Tuesday effectively ending Canada's longest military deployment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not really care about the political perspective of the West and completed what he sailed out to do.

Soon, Chicago may have their own version of a young and pretty public servant in the person of former Miss America 2003 Erika Harold who is aiming to represent Illinois' 13th district in the Republican's primary election on Tuesday.

From being charged with misogyny by Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, and the target of the country's handbag brigade when he was still the Opposition leader, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott is now considered a feminist by opinion makers.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will announced on Wednesday that the federal government would remove $1-billion worth of red tape in 2014 by changing 10,000 redundant laws.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received flak because of his budget cuts to welfare payments of war veterans' children. Mr Abbott has been called "callous and hard-hearted" by the Opposition for cutting the $211.60 annual bonus as part of the government's mining tax repeal package.

New Zealand's Labour Party said it was not surprised when it dropped under 30 per cent in the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey. On March 18, Labour dropped to 29.5 per cent while the Prime Minister John Key's National party rose to 50.8 per cent. The Greens jumped from 2.3 per cent to 13.1 per cent.

Through ABC’s 7.30 program an Iranian tells of their harrowing experience with Abbott’s Operation Sovereign Borders Policy

Missing MH370 is the “most botched aircraft investigation in history” says aviation editor Geoffrey Thomas

In a statement sure to agitate already frustrated local fishing groups, the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday said Fukushima may release treated radioactive water into the ocean waters.

U.S. residents are watching what will come next after U.S. President Barack Obama refused to accept the results of the referendum. Mr Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Crimean vote breaches the Ukrainian charter and was made under duress of military action from Russia. Amid the tense political atmosphere, Japanese netizens instead chose to focus on the captivating beauty of the new attorney-general of Crimea, 33-year-old Natalia Poklonskaya.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is set to meet with Chinese officials on March 17, hoping to restore China's confidence in New Zealand products after the botulism scare in 2013 which attracted international scrutiny. Mr Key will meet with China's leaders to discuss the findings of the inquiry into Fonterra's whey protein contamination incident which caused millions worth of dairy products around the world including in China.