Tag: Australia

Australia rejected Qantas request for $2.7 B loan

Rod McGuirk · March 5, 2014 4:08 am

In this Feb. 25, 2014, photo provided by the Incident Control Centre, a fire burns at the Hazelwood Coal Mine at Morwell, Australia. Victoria state Chief Health Officer Rosemary Lester said Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, that vulnerable residents are advised to leave the town of Morwell as a precaution because the fire in the nearby mine is expected to spew smoke for at least 10 more days. (AP Photo/Incident Control Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Australians advised to flee town near burning mine

Rod McGuirk · February 28, 2014 7:19 am

Virgin Australia posts $75 million half-year loss

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2014 2:58 am

Australia flags more foreign ownership of Qantas

Rod McGuirk · February 25, 2014 3:51 am

In this Nov. 20, 2004 photo, Charlotte Dawson models Trelise Cooper's fashion on the catwalk during the Air New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland, New Zealand. Australian TV star and former model Dawson was found dead at age 47 in her Sydney apartment on Saturday morning, Feb. 22, 2014, following a history of depression. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Nicola Topping) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT, FAIRFAX OUT

Australian TV star Charlotte Dawson found dead

Washington Examiner · February 23, 2014 5:59 am

This undated photo provided by John Short's family, shows Australian missionary John Short and his wife Karen, in Hong Kong. Short has been detained while on a tour of North Korea, his family said on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Short went to North Korea in a regular tour group last week with one other person, who returned to China on Tuesday and told the family Short had been questioned and arrested at his Pyongyang hotel on Sunday, according to a statement released by the family. (AP Photo/Family of John Short) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Family: Australian missionary held in North Korea

KELVIN K. CHANROD McGUIRK · February 20, 2014 1:32 am

Alcoa closing aluminum smelter, mills in Australia

Washington Examiner · February 17, 2014 11:25 pm

Australian PM says asylum seeker policy tough

Rod McGuirk · February 7, 2014 5:25 am

ANZ CEO Australia Philip Chronican speaks during a press conference to discuss the outcome of the Federal Court ruling in the IMF fees class action in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. partially lost a class action law suit in the Australian Federal Court brought by more than 43,000 customers who claimed they had been charged excessive fees for years.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australian court rules ANZ Bank late fees too high

Washington Examiner · February 5, 2014 7:01 am

FILE - In this undated file photo, a diver swims on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government agency that oversees Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of a major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will endanger one of the world's most fragile ecosystems. Environment Minister Greg Hunt has vowed that "some of the strictest conditions in Australian history" will be in place to protect the reef from harm, including water quality measures and safeguards for the reef's plants and animals. (AP Photo/Brain Cassey, File)

Energy and Environment

Plan to dump sediment on Great Barrier Reef OK’d

Kristen Gelineau · January 31, 2014 6:03 am

UK unemployment falls while China growth cools: Global economy

Bloomberg News · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

New Obamacare ad promotes harmful stereotypes about gay people

Shoshana Weissmann · December 23, 2013 10:39 pm