Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard refused on Wednesday to detail her dealings with an MP accused of misusing a credit card to pay for prostitutes in a scandal that threatens her government.

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A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning issued.

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Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday any Asian currency integration is a long way off and cast doubt on the Chinese yuan emerging as a regional unit.

Australian rockers AC/DC, one of the highest grossing bands of all time, plan to boost their income with a new range of wines.

An Australian man was arrested on Tuesday by an FBI SWAT team in the United States in connection with a bizarre incident in which a fake bomb was strapped around the neck of a Sydney schoolgirl.

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World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Saturday warned of a 'new and more dangerous' time in the global economy, with little breathing space in most developed countries as a debt crisis hits Europe.

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A ‘sea crazy’ Australian helicopter pilot was arrested on the tiny Pacific outpost of Nauru after illegally landing on the island in search of sweets and soft drinks, a report said on Thursday.

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Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose in July to 5.1 per cent, data showed on Thursday, hitting its highest level since November last year in a sign the mining-powered economy is slowing.

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Chinese and Indian citizens dominated Australia’s border control blacklist, secret documents showed Saturday, with the majority of people singled out for national security reasons.

A Northern California woman has been slapped with murder charges after she fed her newborn son methamphetamine-laced breast milk last year.

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