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 elections: Ruling coalition pulls off shock election victory

Opposition leader concedes defeat as Liberal Party-led coalition came close to majority

Sun May 19 2019 - 13:56

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

How not to introduce a carbon tax: The Australian experience

With 0.3% of the world’s population, Australia produces 1.8% of the world’s greenhouse gases

Thu Jan 03 2019 - 00:46

As much of the world turns right, Australia turns left

The public mood has shifted over refugee children on Nauru island. Politics will follow

Fri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00

Australian government is in a hole and will not stop digging

Sydney Letter: Liberals’ Wentworth byelection disaster caps a series of missteps

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 01:00

Australia ‘open’ to recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Prime minister says government also open to moving embassy from Tel Aviv

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 07:08

Australian government senators back ‘okay to be white’ motion

Labor Party, the Greens and crossbenchers combine to vote down the statement

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 21:42

Australia deports 630 Irish nationals over two-year period

Lawyer says Australia deporting immigrants they believe do not have a ‘good character’

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 09:10

The minister, the au pairs and McLachlan, MacLachlan and Maclachlan

The future of Australia’s home affairs minister is in doubt as it emerges that he intervened in the cases of three women held in detention

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 20:46

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’s new prime minister quotes Bono in maiden speech

Scott Morrison is an Evangelical Christian with a tough line on asylum seekers

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 15:08

Australia’s PM fights to the end but his time appears up

Malcolm Turnbull faces likely ousting on Friday after caving in too often to conservatives

Thu Aug 23 2018 - 15:30

Australian prime minister faces second leadership challenge

Challenger Peter Dutton says he is working on renewed bid to unseat Malcolm Turnbull

Wed Aug 22 2018 - 08:22

Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull shelves flagship energy policy

PM dumps emissions targets in bid to stave off leadership challenge in Liberal party

Mon Aug 20 2018 - 09:11

Outrage in Australia over senator’s ‘final solution’ call for Muslim immigration

Fraser Anning heavily criticised across political spectrum for inflammatory speech

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 14:28

‘Kill Bill’ strategy fails as odds on Labor government Shorten

Super Saturday byelections in Australia result in gains for opposition parties

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 19:31

Russia urged to accept responsibility for MH17 aircraft atrocity

Investigators say missile that downed aircraft in 2014 came from Russian military

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 16:35

Australian PM Turnbull should be careful what he wishes for

The results in four upcoming by-elections could change the course of politics

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 06:00

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

Australian banking inquiry exposes litany of abuses

Alleged abuses include bribery ring using forged documents

Sat May 05 2018 - 05:18

Macron says Australian PM’s wife is ‘delicious’

‘I want to thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome,’ says French president

Wed May 02 2018 - 12:05

North Korean media hails ‘candid’ talks with neighbours in South

State media says discussions wrapped up with amicable ‘feelings of blood relatives’

Sat Apr 28 2018 - 09:44

Australian government’s right-wing hard man is a sensitive soul really

Sydney Letter: What so upset Peter Dutton was coverage of his new-found concern for white South African farmers

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 01:00

Steve Smith and David Warner both banned for a year

Smith also stood down from his captaincy role for a minimum 12-month period

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 12:32

Australia expels Russian diplomats amid Salisbury fallout

Government gives ‘undeclared intelligence officers’ seven days to leave country

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 06:42

Forget ‘Dynasty’, Australian politics is the best show in town

An extramarital affair and its fallout have put the ruling Liberal-National coalition under pressure – and gripped the nation

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 01:00

Australian government in crisis as deputy PM quits over affair

Sexual harrassment complaint ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’, says Barnaby Joyce

Fri Feb 23 2018 - 15:14

Turnbull pledges to sack ministers who breach sex ban

Prime minister says: ‘I’d expect them to resign, I wouldn’t expect I’d need to sack them’

Mon Feb 19 2018 - 07:11

Australian government in turmoil after sex scandal

Comments by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull rejected by his deputy as ‘inept’

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 10:27

Australian ministers banned from having sex with staff

PM Malcolm Turnbull introduces rule after deputy Barnaby Joyce caught up in scandal

Thu Feb 15 2018 - 12:28

Australia’s deputy prime minister under fire for affair with pregnant adviser

Vikki Campion got a major promotion, giving her a salary of €122,000

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 16:15

Canada opens doors to Irish while other countries close theirs

Australia, New Zealand and US are tightening immigration. Canada is doing the opposite

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 13:47

Australia’s PM gets boost after same-sex marriage legalised

Sydney Letter: A year of Liberal-National infighting is sweetened with recovery in polls

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 01:00