A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest...
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A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner has called on the federal government to be true to its word and endorse a United Nations declaration on indigenous rights.
Indigenous health in Australia is a national public health priority. Life expectancy lags years behind mainstream Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statistics for illness and disability in almost every disease far outstrips the accepted norms. The issues are complex and the...
A central Australian Aboriginal art centre has won a prestigious national award for excellence, for running a successful and ethical Indigenous business. ...
THE cause of death is not accurately recorded for 40 per cent of Aborigines, complicating Kevin Rudd's promise to close the 17-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.
A new report says governments around Australia are wasting money on Indigenous housing by not involving Aboriginal people in construction and maintenance.
RBA is expected to cut the official interest rate by 50 basis points Banks are likely to only cut home loan rates by 25 basis points In-depth : The latest interest rates news and features AUSTRALIA'S banks will ...
LEADING Australian theatre star Rob Guest, who starred in Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables , has died in Melbourne after suffering a massive stroke.
The arrival of 14 people off Australia's Christmas Island has renewed debate about the value of the Australian government's detention centre on the island.
Lance Armstrong is hoping his comeback will indeed start in Australia. The seven-time Tour de France winner wants to return to elite racing in next January's Tour Down Under even though he's not eligible to ...
The collapse of a bailout plan in Congress has Asia shaking today. Australia's prime minister calls it "a bad development." The Bank of Japan pumped three trillion yen, or almost $29 billion, into money markets ...
Tim Cahill sees red at Goodison Park. Everton will this week attempt to overturn the red card issued to Australia's Tim Cahill during the team's 2-0 defeat to neighbour Liverpool.