Sex business may be good business but Sydney thinks otherwise as the City Council dumped on Tuesday night proposals to expand the Stiletto bordello at Camperdown, which is located west of the inner city.
Analysts forecast that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep the key lending rate of 4.75 per cent until the year end because of economic slowdown in the country and uncertain global outlook.
It appears that the joke failed to hit the mark as critics raised howl and accused ABC of breaching the limits of decency and propriety when its show ‘At Home with Julia’ depicted Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a steamy scene and draped with the Australian flag.
Graphic health warnings in cigarette packs will increase in size, declares the Australian government.
Norwegian mass killer who admitted killing 77 people in July has cried out torture over his solitary confinement at a court hearing on Monday. Judge Anne Margrethe Lund said the isolation was a necessary move to keep Breivik from establishing communication with possible allies outside jail. Police are still investigating whether Breivik has a network that helped him carry out the killings.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd was in New York dispensing his regular job as the country’s key representative to the United Nations General Assembly when he was briefly held on Monday by U.S. Customs officials for allegedly possessing a suspicious item.
Beijing has confirmed a successful test for a new technology designed to shoot down missiles in mid-air. This is a move that military experts claim to be a breakthrough for China's armed forces.
A political party of IT professionals who promised free Wi-Fi and better data protection has won seats in Berlin's parliament by garnering more than the required five percent of votes in Sunday's elections.
New South Wales Liberal MP Catherine Cusack filed for leave from the state's Upper House due to clinical depression.
New York City Police arrested four protesters Monday on Wall Street for wearing masks and one demonstrator, who jumped over a police barricade and resisted arrest.
The Tasmanian State Parliament will vote Tuesday on a proposed same sex marriage motion, making Tasmania the first Australian state to push for legalized gay unions.
Taiwan and U.S. defense officials have agreed to the upgrading of the former's fleet of F-16A/B jet fighters during talks at the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference in Richmond, Virginia.
The European Union on Monday warned Turkey against threatening Cyprus over the latter's oil exploration drilling in disputed waters of the Mediterranean island republic.
U.S. President Barack Obama revealed a $3 trillion debt reduction plan on Monday that will see the wealthiest Americans taxed higher and government spending cut.
Six men and a woman are in police custody or are under house in Birmingham City on Monday on suspicion that they are plotting terror attacks in Britain.
DenmarkCrown Princess Mary and her four children will go back to her roots by paying homage visit to Australia in November.
Beijing Police had identified 112 suspects including 27 foreign women and put them under arrest early this month for participating in a sex trade, China Daily reported on Monday.
The Jinko Solar Holding Co Ltd in Haining City in Zhejiang Province has been shut down by authorities as it fell victim to looting staged by some protesters last week.
Residents and tourists in Sikkim, India have been struck by a powerful earthquake on Sunday leaving several dead and hundred more injured.
See rare and exclusive photos of the guests and private moments from Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries's Wedding.
There is a billion-dollar economy in Australia that is both underrated and underpaid, as far as the mainstream live acts realm is concerned, according to a new study commissioned by a group representing the local music industry.
The. U.S. will definitely suffer a serious blow in its diplomatic row should the government decides to push through its plan to sell military defense aircraft to Taiwan, analysts and Chinese government officials said in a news briefing.
While the Duchess of Cambridge's influence is still strong, Kate Middleton will get to enjoy another year under the spotlight before she starts her solo appearances in the next year or two.
Considerable leeway on the part of the Labor-led federal government, especially on questions of human rights protection for asylum seekers, will prompt the Coalition to sit down with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in hopes of forging a workable deal on Australia’s migration policy.
Unknown to many Australians, the country hosts a communication hub that its close military ally, the United States, has been using as an intelligence gathering post that intercepted information during the height of the Cold War era.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou cancelled his trip to the U.S. Saturday to chair a more pressing cabinet meeting Sunday on how the country can secure another bailout loan before the government runs out of cash next month.
The appointment of Treasurer Andrew Fraser as Deputy Premier of Queensland was welcomed by the property industry at what is a critical time for the sector.
In a surprising move to save his face from another embarrassment from international community, Kim Jong-Il reiterates to its citizens the need for sacrifice in achieving the economic goals of the country.
Julia Gillard will open a democratic debate at the Labor Party's National Conference in December.
US and Australian officials have decided to include cooperation on cybersecurity as part of their defence agreement. The decision to add cyberspace to the two nations' bilateral treaty mean the two allies will work together in the event of a computer-related attack in either country.
