Sydney : A tough-talking politician with a fondness for guns and sing-a-longs has reluctantly agreed to lend his support to Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.Mr Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition may not win the 76 seats it needs in Australia’s lower house to form a majority government and needs support from independent politicians to maintain confidence and […]
Sydney : Critics have lined up to kick Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after the conservative Liberal-National coalition’s narrow election victory. On 2 July, the night of the election, ultra-conservative commentator Andrew Bolt was first out of the blocks, telling Turnbull bluntly: “Resign.””You have been a disaster,” Bolt wrote. “You betrayed (former PM) Tony Abbott and […]
Melbourne : A Sikh politician contesting in the upcoming elections from Australia’s Greens party has been targeted with “racist flyers” which she claimed were distributed in her electorate here. Alexandra Kaur Bhathal, a candidate from Greens party for the seat of Batman, Melbourne, on Tuesday wrote on her Facebook page that a flyer was distributed […]
Sydney : As Australia’s federal election approaches this weekend, the country is entering its final countdown and the candidates have only a few days left to campaign. But who are the main players? Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal Party) A former journalist, barrister and investment banker, he is Australia’s fifth prime minister since 2007.Within the […]
Sydney : Thirty Vietnamese men convicted of fishing illegally in Australian waters have been given suspended sentences by a Darwin court and had their boats destroyed.They had been caught with six tonnes of sea cucumber in a Coral Sea marine reserve off the north coast in June. The men all pleaded guilty in court on […]