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Analysts said Ms Pauline Hanson clearly has strong political pulling power among disaffected voters, but appears to be unable to sustain relationships with party colleagues.

Infighting leaves controversial Aussie MP's party in tatters

Australia's elite special forces face war crimes probe

An Amazon fulfilment centre in the US. The company opened a distribution centre in Melbourne, Australia, in December and will open another, in Sydney, later this year.

Amazon earns ire of Aussie shoppers

Sydney is one of the world's most expensive property markets, but average home prices have begun to drop - down 4.2 per cent in the past year - after a dramatic 70 per cent surge over the previous five years.

Australian property market cooling amid slump in Chinese investment

Gas project divides Aussie community

Growing trend of asylum bids after sporting events

HMAS Perth (III), the eighth Anzac class frigate built by Tenix Defence Systems for the Royal Australian Navy.

Australia launches $35b frigate fleet plan

Australia to tweak rural work visa rules

The road outside Alice Springs that leads to Pine Gap, the United States-Australian intelligence facility which monitors signals and eavesdrops on targets around the world.

Top-secret spy base lies beyond this sign in Australian outback

Property developer Chau Chak Wing, an Australian citizen, was said to have been a co-conspirator in an effort to bribe the former UN president of the General Assembly, Mr John Ashe, in 2013. MP Andrew Hastie told Parliament he received the informatio

Aussie political donor accused of having role in UN bribery scandal

Mr Lim Seng with his space capsule. On Monday, an unusually fierce wind crossing central Australia forced him to cancel the launch outside Alice Springs.

Singapore space venturer: I feel unlucky, but happy

Space entrepreneur upbeat about project despite delay in sending first Singaporean to space

Singaporean air force pilot Yip Chuang Syn with the launch capsule in Alice Springs in central Australia yesterday. On the craft is artwork by children from Haig Girls' School and Child at Street 11, a childcare centre in Ang Mo Kio. Maj Yip was due

Launch of Singaporean into space gone with the winds

Singapore firm cancels plan to launch first Singaporean astronaut into space due to strong winds

Cameras to nab texting motorists on Australia roads

Aussie MP quits for more family time

Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday. Mr Morrison said the nation's fortunes had "turned around", with the national coffers receiving a surprising 6.6 per cent boost due to the growing economy and higher resou

Canberra serves up election Budget filled with sweeteners

Australia unveils tax cuts and big-spending plans in pre-election Budget

Toys and flowers at the grave of baby Lily Grace, who was found at a Sydney beach. It is thought that her mother left the gifts.

Call for 'baby hatches' at hospitals in Australia

Australia's no-show at China forum adds to concerns of worsening tensions

France's President Emmanuel Macron flanked by Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy outside the Sydney Opera House yesterday.

Macron in Australia to talk trade, defence

French President Emmanuel Macron in Australia for talks on trade, climate and defence

According to a report in The Australian earlier this month, most of Queensland's resort islands are currently shut. South Molle Island's resort has been closed for two years.

Australia's paradise isles shuttered and in ruins

A Commonwealth Bank of Australia branch in Sydney. It has emerged that advisers at Australia's largest bank charged fees to customers who were dead.

Aussie banks hit by revelations of misconduct

Talk of Chinese base on Vanuatu sparks concern