The Irish Times

Bush fires, Brexit and Fox News make 2020 pivotal year for Murdoch

Awkward 12 months attracts Australian scrutiny, end of Trump and a boardroom exit

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 05:23

Australian PM Scott Morrison lambasted for party donation link in wildfire post

Prime minister’s tweet on wildfire measures included link to donate to Liberal party

Sun Jan 05 2020 - 13:42

Australian Labor party refuses to play ball with Murdoch press

News Corporation journalists speaking out about perceived bias ahead of election

Thu May 16 2019 - 01:00

Australian politician brought to tears by tabloid stories about his dead mother

News Corporation attacks on Labor leader Bill Shorten widely condemned ahead of election

Wed May 08 2019 - 17:30

Australian prime minister calls election for May 18th

Both major parties call for ‘fair go’ for voters, with ruling coalition trailing in polls

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 09:50

Think Commonwealth can save Brexit Britain? That’s utter delusion

Free trade with Australia, India and Canada can not make up for the hit of leaving the EU

Tue Mar 12 2019 - 21:26

New Australian prime minister suffers epic fail in first test

Sydney Letter: Public tired of PMs changing via party processes, rather than by voters

Wed Aug 29 2018 - 01:00

Australia to offer national apology for institutional child sex abuse

Government to adopt 104 of 122 recommendations posed by inquiry

Wed Jun 13 2018 - 09:15

The magistrate from Tralee who took a stand on Aboriginal genocide

Denny Day’s work led to conviction of 7 men - 3 Irish - for Myall Creek massacre of 1838

Tue Jan 09 2018 - 09:00

Irish played part in atrocities against Aboriginal people - Australian MP

First indigenous woman elected to parliament points to historical role of the Irish

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 00:11

Recession-busting Australia heading for the buffers

Why the ‘lucky country’s’ record-breaking period of growth might not last

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 05:46

Asylum seekers face lifetime Australia ban if they arrive by boat

Law includes refugees and applies to adults sent to Manus Island or Nauru since July 2013

Sun Oct 30 2016 - 12:02

Malcolm Turnbull wins Australia’s political ‘killing season’

The new prime minister will have to compromise on his beliefs to win over his party

Tue Sept 15 2015 - 20:44

New Australia leader sticks to script with focus on the economy

Malcom Turnbull to implement programme for government set out under Tony Abbott

Tue Sept 15 2015 - 08:03

Liberal Party in Australia takes the regicide route

Tony Abbott’s scepticism about climate change and opposition to legalising same-sex marriage left him outside mainstream of public opinion

Tue Sept 15 2015 - 00:01

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott ousted after vote

Malcolm Turnbull to become Australia’s fourth prime minister in two years

Mon Sept 14 2015 - 14:37

Australian economy enters troubled waters

Last year’s inconclusive budget stymies business as emphasis in Australia shifts from ‘mining to dining’

Fri Mar 20 2015 - 01:32

Who will be the new Labour leader? It really doesn’t matter, apparently

An Oxford professor says we overestimate the importance of those at the top of the political ladder

Sat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00

Kerry to meet opposition head and ‘Friends of Syria’ in London

Move to revive diplomatic option for resolving conflict

Thu May 15 2014 - 01:00

Derry homes residents praise loving care given by Sisters of Nazareth

Inquiry witnesses deny series of allegations of ill-treatment by nuns

Thu May 08 2014 - 01:00

G4S among three private firms to bid for JobPath contracts

Tenders involving new programme of employment activation due next Friday

Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00

Testing times for Australia’s ‘open for business’ mantra

With the mining boom coming to an end and growth slowing in China, prime minister Tony Abbott faces his biggest test

Fri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00

Australia-Indonesia relations worsen over spying scandal

Australian PM Tony Abbot hopes attention is turning to cricket, Christmas and the beach

Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00

‘Threat of recession’ looms over Australia

Country ‘complacent in prosperity’, Dublin event hears

Tue Nov 26 2013 - 20:52

Asia Briefing: Blackstone founder Schwarzman sets up €220m scholarship programme in China

Four places available to students from Ireland and Britain annually

Tue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00

Abbott sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister

New leader vows to clampdown on asylum seekers and repeal unpopular carbon tax

Wed Sept 18 2013 - 06:34

Australia's new man

Tue Sept 10 2013 - 01:00

Australia ‘open for business’, says Abbott after landslide victory

New PM says scrapping unpopular carbon tax will be a key priority

Mon Sept 09 2013 - 09:52

Australia getting ready to position itself somewhat closer to its Asian neighbours

Opinion: Traditional alliance with US competing with geographic factors

Sun Sept 08 2013 - 10:09

Landslide win in Australia for conservative Abbott

Voters punish outgoing Labor government for six years of turbulent rule

Sat Sept 07 2013 - 13:31

Australians prepare to vote in federal elections

Labor Party facing likely defeat after tumultuous six years in power

Fri Sept 06 2013 - 21:37

Opposition heading for landslide win in Australian election

The economy has been the central focus of the five-week campaign

Fri Sept 06 2013 - 01:01

Ghost of Gillard haunts Australian politics

To those outside Australia, that nation’s first female prime minister is an iconic figure. To Australians, she seemed cold, shrill and a bit dour

Wed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00

Abbott favourite for Australian general election

Bookmakers are so certain Labor will lose that some have already paid out on Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott becoming prime minister

Mon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00