Tag: Australia

More than 60 women join Australian combat roles

Rod McGuirk · June 4, 2014 3:13 am

Australian PM says tour will boost security

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 12:21 am

Australian senator produces fake pipe bomb

Rod McGuirk · May 26, 2014 4:12 am

Australian PM says wink and smile were a mistake

Rod McGuirk · May 22, 2014 3:10 am

Australian prime minister shrugs off poor polls

Rod McGuirk · May 19, 2014 2:10 am

Australians divided on tough budget medicine

Rod McGuirk · May 16, 2014 8:36 am

Billionaire San Francisco climate activist Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate Action PAC will back vulnerable lawmakers who oppose the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, he said in a Thursday letter. (AP/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

A look behind the curtain hiding Tom Steyer’s fortune

Mark Tapscott · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

Australia plan to raise pension age to 70 blasted

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 6:14 am

Australia plans to ban Boko Haram as terrorists

Rod McGuirk · May 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 24, 2014 file photo, co-pilot, flying officer Marc Smith turns his Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft at low level in bad weather whilst searching for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 over the Indian Ocean. The Australian government plans to spend 90 million Australian dollars ($84 million) on the search for the missing Malaysian plane. Australia is leading the search for the missing plane, which is thought to have disappeared in the Indian Ocean with 239 people aboard on March 8. Budget documents released Tuesday, May 13, 2014 showed that the government has budgeted AU$90 million for the search in the current fiscal year through June and next fiscal year. (AP Photo/Richard Wainwright, Pool, File)

Australia to spend $84M on Malaysian jet search

Rod McGuirk · May 13, 2014 2:28 pm

FILE - In this April 12, 2014, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing, China. Abbott has promised to share the pain in his conservative government's first annual budget aimed at reducing national debt. His government's financial blueprint for the next fiscal year beginning on July 1 to be revealed to Parliament on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, also promises to be politically damaging after his coalition was elected in September on a pledge not to increase taxes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Australia aims to nearly halve budget deficit

Rod McGuirk · May 13, 2014 11:35 am

Soldiers from Australia and New Zealand march during an Anzac day ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on Friday, April 25, 2014. Every April 25 Anzac Day is commemorated by New Zealand and Australia to remember those who served their countries in times of war, conflict, or peacekeeping operations. It started originally to honor members of their Army Corps who died during the World War I fighting at Gallipoli. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Across globe, ANZAC tributes for fallen soldiers

Raf Casert · April 25, 2014 1:36 pm