Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia’s PM as Turnbull turfed outTurnbull blames ‘insurgency’ in Liberal Party ‘backed by powerful voices in the media’Fri Aug 24 2018 - 12:28
Nuns’ loss was Australian business’s gain for Dublin womanWild Geese: Sydney-based ‘business connector’ Helen WaldronThu Aug 23 2018 - 18:30
Australia’s PM fights to the end but his time appears upMalcolm Turnbull faces likely ousting on Friday after caving in too often to conservativesThu Aug 23 2018 - 15:30
Australian PM survives leadership challenge but threat remainsMalcolm Turnbull sees off attempted coup by Peter Dutton but could face another vote soonTue Aug 21 2018 - 10:37
‘Kill Bill’ strategy fails as odds on Labor government ShortenSuper Saturday byelections in Australia result in gains for opposition partiesSun Jul 29 2018 - 19:31
Australian PM Turnbull should be careful what he wishes forThe results in four upcoming by-elections could change the course of politicsMon Jul 16 2018 - 06:00
Australia’s immigration debate moves from fringe to centre groundSydney Letter: Much of the growing concern is from coming from people wondering how their children are ever going to be able to afford a house in Sydney, Melbourne or other state capitalsMon May 14 2018 - 06:00
Australian banking inquiry exposes litany of abusesAlleged abuses include bribery ring using forged documentsSat May 05 2018 - 05:18
Vatican treasurer George Pell to stand trial on ‘historical’ sex offencesCardinal is most senior Catholic official to be tried on such allegationsTue May 01 2018 - 06:53
Australian government’s right-wing hard man is a sensitive soul reallySydney Letter: What so upset Peter Dutton was coverage of his new-found concern for white South African farmersThu Apr 05 2018 - 01:00
Forget ‘Dynasty’, Australian politics is the best show in townAn extramarital affair and its fallout have put the ruling Liberal-National coalition under pressure – and gripped the nationWed Mar 07 2018 - 01:00
Australian government in crisis as deputy PM quits over affairSexual harrassment complaint ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’, says Barnaby JoyceFri Feb 23 2018 - 15:14
Australia’s deputy prime minister under fire for affair with pregnant adviserVikki Campion got a major promotion, giving her a salary of €122,000Mon Feb 12 2018 - 16:15
Australia’s PM gets boost after same-sex marriage legalisedSydney Letter: A year of Liberal-National infighting is sweetened with recovery in pollsSat Dec 23 2017 - 01:00
Wild Geese: Football and PR, from Stillorgan to Bondi beachNeil O’Sullivan: ‘I didn’t come here to do the Irish thing for two years and then just go home’Fri Dec 08 2017 - 05:12
Australia legalises same-sex marriage with landslide voteCelebrations as country joins 25 other nations that recognise marriage equalityThu Dec 07 2017 - 08:48
Australia says Yes to same-sex marriage but work to do yetPlenty of political horse-trading ahead before same-sex marriage becomes legalWed Nov 15 2017 - 17:58
Ancient cave paintings evoke spiritual world at the foot of UluruSydney Letter: Pádraig Collins explains why decades of Aboriginal hurt will end when climbing on a sacred landmark is finally outlawedThu Nov 02 2017 - 15:57
Canberra in crisis as deputy PM ruled ineligible for parliamentBarnaby Joyce’s position was thrown into doubt earlier this year over dual citizenshipFri Oct 27 2017 - 08:52
Yes side gains edge in Australia’s marriage equality battlegroundEarly results from postal survey suggest Yes side would win in vote on same-sex marriageMon Oct 16 2017 - 17:45
Location scout for TV show ‘Narcos’ shot dead in MexicoCarlos Munoz Portal killed while searching for places to film popular Netflix seriesSun Sept 17 2017 - 10:30
Jacindamania sweeps Labour back into contention in New ZealandShe might have ‘the worst job in politics’, but the popular leader has made light work of itSat Aug 26 2017 - 02:00
Cheese for the bee-ah: a Limerick man’s struggle to learn AustralianI was not quite prepared for the assault on my senses the Australian accent would bringWed Aug 23 2017 - 17:24
Australians set to vote on same-sex marriage by end of yearFormer prime minister Tony Abbott says he will vote no ‘to help stop political correctness’Wed Aug 09 2017 - 15:21
Irish vet fails oral English test for Australian visaLouise Kennedy, a native English speaker, says there is a problem with the technologyTue Aug 08 2017 - 14:10
Third Australian politician admits to holding dual nationalityMinister to take court case on basis he did not know his mother signed him up for Italian citizenshipWed Jul 26 2017 - 19:25
‘Fontgate’: Microsoft, Wikipedia and the scandal threatening the Pakistani PMCourt finds that Nawaz Sharif’s daughter in 2006 disclosed link to firm named in Panama Papers, but disclosure was typed in font not available until 2007Thu Jul 13 2017 - 12:27
Recession-busting Australia heading for the buffersWhy the ‘lucky country’s’ record-breaking period of growth might not lastFri Jul 07 2017 - 05:46
US governor Chris Christie lounges on beach he closed to publicNew Jersey politician denies getting any sun after shutting non-essential servicesMon Jul 03 2017 - 11:35
Divisive Cardinal Pell faces his day in court over abuse chargesPolice and others pursuing Pell story accused of anti-Catholicism in Australian mediaFri Jun 30 2017 - 21:08
Deputy head of Australian tax office caught up in €110m fraudSwoop involving 300 federal officers seizes 25 cars, 18 houses and AU$1m in cashThu May 18 2017 - 16:08
Ad appeal to white Australians fails miserably for Labor leaderSydney Letter: Multiple missteps leaves centre-left leader Bill Shorten vulnerableTue May 09 2017 - 19:00
Irish boss of Qantas airline gets pie in face at conferenceAlan Joyce was addressing a business breakfast in Perth when attackedTue May 09 2017 - 09:38
Wild Geese: Mike Cleary, COO Australian Energy Market Operator‘I’m a big believer in doing something you care about with people you care about’Fri Apr 21 2017 - 06:43
Two Irish men wanted over alleged building scam in AustraliaMen allegedly claim to be road workers but fail to complete job and threaten for paymentWed Mar 15 2017 - 06:44
Wild Geese: Clicking with digital advertising in AustraliaBallyfermot college TV production course led to opportunity in Sydney for Imran MasoodFri Mar 10 2017 - 07:00
Irishman rescued in Australia will continue sailing around worldNick Dwyer and partner saved after yacht capsized in ‘waves the size of buildings’Thu Mar 09 2017 - 19:12
4,444 allegations of clerical sex abuse in Australia’s Catholic institutionsInquiry told children reporting abuse were often ignored and documents destroyedMon Feb 06 2017 - 11:34
Australia fears for future of its own special relationship with USTurnbull denies rift over phone call: ‘I’ve enjoyed my dealings with President Trump’Thu Feb 02 2017 - 19:18
Deputy PM tells Australia Day protesters to ‘crawl under a rock’Protests take place on celebration day in Australia some find offensive to AboriginalsThu Jan 26 2017 - 17:42
Sydney Letter: When expenses and numerology don’t add upPolitical intrigue: Revelations on health minister Sussan Ley ultimately force resignationFri Jan 13 2017 - 15:06
Irish backpacker’s scalp and ear ‘torn from her head’Australian company fined for injury caused by fruit-packing conveyor beltFri Jan 13 2017 - 09:49
‘Australia Day’ boycott gathers steam in call for date changeJanuary 26th’s ‘defining moment’ seen as airbrushing Aboriginals out of Oz historyWed Dec 14 2016 - 01:00
‘You feel a part of the city. You get used to the earthquakes’Wild Geese: After noticing a gap in the market for managed labour, Dave McSorley, now based in Christchurch, New Zealand, was soon employing 200 staff at Max ContractsFri Dec 09 2016 - 05:15
Irish man refused bail after alleged assault in AustraliaFrench man in critical condition after being punched in city of Darwin, court hearsWed Nov 30 2016 - 09:47
Australian politics undergoes post-Trump rise in racist rhetoricImmigration minister Dutton says 1970s government wrong to resettle Lebanese refugeesSun Nov 27 2016 - 17:10
Convoluted route awaits refugees in US-Australia swap dealSydney Letter: Post-Trump, what happens next for deal cut with Obama is uncertainThu Nov 17 2016 - 15:29
Convicted child abuser returned to Ireland from AustraliaMan (74) sent home despite Victoria police intending to charge him over new allegationsFri Sept 30 2016 - 21:10
Study sheds new light on ancestry of Aboriginal AustraliansFindings support the idea that humans left Africa in single event about 72,000 years agoWed Sept 21 2016 - 18:38
