Almost Half of Australians Support Ban on Muslim Immigration to Country

Twenty eight percent of respondents said that they would "strongly support" the ban, while 21 percent would "support" it, the survey by Essential Poll revealed.

Children as young as 14 to be charged as adults under new Australian counter-terror laws

Children as young as 14 years of age will be charged as adults, while convicted terrorists who serve out their sentences in prison could be kept in preventative detention, under new counter-terror laws introduced into Australian Parliament on Thursday.

Residency visas for parents of migrants to cost Australia 2.4 bn USD annually: report

Permanent visas given to parents of migrants to Australia will cost the taxpayer more than 2.4 billion US dollars annually, a report from an independent policy advisory board has found.

Aborigines built ‘houses’ 9,000 years ago

Circular stone foundations discovered on an island in Western Australia suggest that Aborigines were building "houses" up to 9,000 years ago, a researcher said Friday.

Australians lose billions of dollars on slot machines: report

Victorians have lost more than 38 billion US dollars playing slot machines since their introduction to the state 24 years ago.

Australia moves to indefinite detention of terrorists

High-risk terror offenders may be kept in jail after their sentences finish, Australian officials said Monday as they move to tighten security laws following attacks in the United States and Europe.

Australians drinking less alcohol than at any time since 1960s: study

Young Australians are helping drive the nation to its lowest alcohol consumption levels since the early 1960s, according to a new study.

Hellenism of Pontus as an indigenous peoples

An element that we have not made use of to the magnitude that we should is the fact that Hellenism of Pontus is an indigenous peoples.

Australia risks being sued over PNG detention center. - lawyers

Australia risks being sued for false imprisonment after the Papua New Guinea supreme court ruled the operation of the Australian-run Manus Island detention center was illegal.

Anzac Day honors fallen of Western Front

Some 3,000 Australians marked Anzac Day on Monday with a somber dawn service in northern France to honor their forebears who fought in the Battle of the Somme a century ago.

1 in 7 Australian teens at risk of homelessness

Up to one in seven young Australians are at risk of becoming homeless at some point in their life, according to a national report on youth homelessness released on Tuesday.

Australians rally against removal of asylum seekers

 Dozens of rallies have taken place across Australia as protesters called on the government to stop the deportation of scores of asylum seekers after a failed legal challenge in the High Court last week.

UN agency urges Australia to refrain from transferring individuals to Nauru

The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, on Wednesday said the organization was very concerned about the situation of the 267 people at risk of being transferred from Australia to Nauru following the High Court's decision delivered this morning in Canberra.

Australian PM expresses shock, condemnation after US mass shooting

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed his shock and condemnation of the killing of at least 14 people in the United States' latest mass shooting.

Australian minister rejects call to send troops to Syria

Australia's federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has rejected government backbencher Kevin Andrews' call to send troops to Syria to fight Islamic State (IS).

Australian gov't mulls allowing alcohol to be sold on supermarket shelves

The Australian government is reportedly considering a radical change to the nation's liquor laws, which would allow customers to purchase alcohol off the supermarket shelf.

Human Rights group alleges Australia paid people smugglers

Almost six months after the Australian government was accused of paying the crew of an asylum seeker boat to return its passengers to Indonesia, a London-based human rights group has taken out advertisements in Australian newspapers to underline the claims.

Australian children worry extensively about future

Many Australia children worry about their families and future, but many choose not to seek help about their anxieties, according to a national survey released on Monday.

Australian PM urged to plan annual visits to Aboriginal communities

Australia's prime minister has been urged by the head of his Indigenous Advisory Council to spend a week each year living among indigenous communities.

W. Australia officially recognizes Aborigines in constitution

A bill to officially recognize aboriginal people as the first people and custodians of the state of Western Australia has been passed through the state parliament.