The Independent (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Australia's 25th governor-general was sworn into office as the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Friday, with republicans holding out little hope that Australia will abolish the job any time soon.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The leader of Australia's most populous state of New South Wales quit today after losing support from his centre-left government in the wake of a botched power sell-off.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Wearing an electric blue suit with scarlet lips and trademark gold earrings, lawyer, academic and women’s activist Quentin Bryce was sworn in today as Australia's first female governor general.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton suspended all its iron ore mining in Australia on Friday, shutting in a third of the country's production after the second mine worker death in the past 10 days, raising broader safety concerns in its mines.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Quentin Bryce is sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative there.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Quentin Bryce is sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative there.
Just Auto (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Holden has begun a new export programme to Korea first announced in April 2007 - the GM Daewoo Veritas, a version of Holden's domestic market long wheelbase luxury flagship Caprice tailored for the new market.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The Kimberley region in Australia's far north is harsh unforgiving - and utterly inspiring. For film director Baz Luhrmann it offered the perfect backdrop to a huge new project.
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
SYDNEY:Australia’s Alicia Molik, winner of five WTA singles titles and an Olympic bronze medallist, has announced her retirement from tennis. Molik, one of the biggest servers in women’s tennis, said she was quitting at the age of 27, after injuries and a debilitating inner ear infection that forced her off the court for almost a year. Although [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unusually for an A team series, there's plenty at stake in the India-Australia showdown that began this week in Bangalore, says Dileep Premachandran
The Monarchist (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce as the next Governor-General of Australia. This morning at Parliament House, Canberra, Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony at which Ms Bryce was sworn-in as the twenty-fifth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Watch the full...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
CLIMATE adviser Ross Garnaut says immigration means Australia can't cut emissions of greenhouse gas as much as other nations.
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Australia A bastmen undid all the good work of their bowlers as they crumbled to 113 for 8 against the India A spinners, still 22 runs short of avoiding the follow-on by the end of the second day at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Piyush Chawla, the star of the show, hit a breezy 66 earlier in the day to stretch India A to 284, before combining with Mohnish Parmar, the offspinner, to wreak...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gay rights activists in Australia have welcomed a new bill that aims to ensure equal treatment for gay and lesbian couples.
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia’s economic expansion slowed to the weakest rate in more than three years as consumers reduced spending, stoking speculation the central bank would cut interest rates again.
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kellya | 30/07/2008
Here are some candids of Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr eating lunch with friends in Sydney yesterday.
