Australia

'Many' on crashed plane heading to Melbourne AIDS conference: UNAIDS

Many of the passengers who died when a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed in Ukraine were…

Australian Sports and Gay Issues

The first national study of homophobia in Australian sport released Wednesday suggests insults, jokes and…

Australia PM plays down setback in carbon tax repeal plan

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Friday brushed off a defeat in the Senate on repealing…

Returned Sri Lanka migrants vent fury at Australia

GALLE (AFP) - Sri Lankan migrants aboard a boat that was controversially turned back mid-sea…

Aussie Rules player charged with rape

Sudanese-born Australian Rules player Majak Daw has been charged with three counts of rape over…

Drug-smuggling Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam

An Australian of Vietnamese origin has been sentenced to death after trying to smuggle four…

Record-breaker Hewitt in no mood to call it quits

Lleyton Hewitt set a new record for playing the most five-set Grand Slam matches but…

Opera Australia sacks soprano, Iveri over anti-gay slur

Leading soprano Tamar Iveri on Monday had her contract torn up by Opera Australia for…

Greste release would be PR coup for Egypt, says Australia

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday, said he told Egypt's new leader Abdel Fattah…

Australia offers asylum-seekers $10k to return home: report

Australia is offering asylum-seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to $10,000 (US$9,400) if they…