POLITICS & POLICY

Eight major airlines serving Australian consumers have improved the way they advertise airfares in response to concerns raised by the competition watchdog.

The Australian government is moving to lure more investment by encouraging foreign-based firms to establish regional headquarters in Australia.

Fathers in Australia are urged to do more in their households as women take on a shared role of earning for the family.

Over three million Australians will receive an increase in their pensions to help meet increases in the cost of living, the government has announced.

Australia's top mining resources firms Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum have criticised plans to put a fixed price on carbon emission, without a clear form of compensation or exemption for local businesses and industries.

"Milk" actor, Sean Penn has met with Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez Saturday to express his gratitude for the aid he received for his relief organization in Haiti.

You heard the F-bomb dropped for the first time in the history of Oscars when Melissa Leo failed to compose herself before accepting the award. But there are other interesting quotes and great moments not seen and heard on TV at the 83rd Academy Awards on February 27, 2011.

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) has consolidated efforts with the consumers group to protect the public against fraud and other cyber crimes.

A new working group to manage the outcome of a landmark equal pay test case is an important step towards closing the gender gap, but in the end it still depends on a positive decision from Fair Work Australia.

The British government has unveiled Thursday the official Royal Wedding coin to commemorate engaged Royal couple’s nuptial next month. First permitted by Prince William then submitted to the Chancellor or the finance minister before it was finally approved by Her Majesty The Queen, the coin bears the profile of the young couple looking at each other in profile.

The Gillard Government has welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) intended market integrity rule framework and timetable for the Australian exchange market.

Julia Gillard has welcomed independent senator Nick Xenophon’s support for the government’s floods rebuilding package, including the flood levy. Senator Xenophon, who held the final vote needed by the Prime Minister, signed up yesterday.

The representative for singer and songwriter, Beyonce Knowles has announced recently that the performance fee the singer received from the Kadhafi clan is already donated to relief efforts for Haiti. Beyonce performed at the Carribean Islands of St. in December 2009 as part of New Years celebration.

Veteran actor Mickey Rooney has urged the elderly victims of any form of abuse, to be vigilant and to share their experiences to anyone who would care to listen. Rooney tells his own story at a Senate hearing on elder abuse Wednesday.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a timetable giving its provisional approval allowing new trading platforms to operate in Australia with the first entrant Chi-X starting in October.

Community groups concerned about significant contamination at the Barangaroo site at Darling Harbour have gathered outside state parliament, calling on the incoming state government to take swift action to reverse alleged abuses of planning laws.

Australian taxpayers will be able to claim a $500 standard income tax deduction, without receipts, instead of going to the hassle of using receipts to claim work-related expenses and the cost of managing their tax affairs.

The Australian economy gathered pace in the final three months of 2010 against the backdrop of devastating floods that inundated the coal-rich state of Queensland.

The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to maintain cash rates at 4.75 percent would redound to more consumer confidence and spending. Nevertheless, it should be extended to strengthen local businesses.

Australia's economy managed to advance 0.7 percent in the last quarter of 2010 in spite floods and torrential rains that hit the northeast parts of the country.

Train commuters from the AirportLink stations of Green Square and Mascot will pay lower fares starting Monday with the NSW Government scrapping the station access fee. Commuters will now get the same MyZone fares as the rest of the CityRail network.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to present medals to 20 honorees, including A-list actress, Merryl Streep, singer-songwriter, James Taylor and author, Joyce Carol Oates. According to Reuters, a ceremony will be held at the East Room of the White House on Wednesday where Obama will honor ten recipients each for 2010 National Medal of Arts and 2010 National Humanities Medal.

It is inevitable that issues on the marginalization of black male and female performers be raised days before the annual prestigious awards for films. And as expected the same recurring concern have cropped up as Times published an article with a list of Oscar black winners, pointing out 'the lack of black nominees at 83rd Academy Award'. The article had resulted in heated debates among various groups and individuals, including four-time Oscar host, Whoopi Goldberg who had subsequently con...

Critics have said that this year's Oscars could go down as one of the worst awards nights in the history of Oscars. Data ratings from Nielsen a day after showed a decrease in audience share by ten percent compared last year. First time Oscar hosts Francaway, - the celebrity name for James Franco and Anne Hathaway - - have received dismal thumbs down for failure to wow as Oscar faces this year. This has paved the way for an increased clamor for Billy Crystal to host next year's Oscars.

Sales from Australia's commodity exports are seen growing to $255 billion in the next 12 months to be driven by growing world demand, a report of the Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics & Sciences (ABARES) said today.

Australian commuters' daily stress maybe prolonged as production of the commuter trains set to be launched in a month is still hounded by setbacks left and right.

Sales from Australia's commodity exports are seen growing to $255 billion in the next 12 months to be driven by growing world demand, a report of the Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics & Sciences (ABARES) said today.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined Holden employees today to unveil a new generation of Australian-made cars at Holden's Vehicle Operations in Elizabeth, South Australia.

Victoria’s leading transport advocate, RACV, has called on the federal government to ensure that any carbon price for fuel is part of the existing fuel excise.