Jill LangloisOctober 29, 2012 16:36

In a letter to Brazil's foreign minister, Attorney General João Pedro de Saboia Bandeira de Mello Filho said the film's director should be stopped from "executing the crime."

Julia Gillard unveils Australia's plan to strengthen ties to Asia

Talia RalphOctober 28, 2012 10:08

Julia Gillard, Australia's Prime Minister, announced a plan on Sunday to significantly increase the country's ties to Asia.

Aussie PM Julia Gillard takes a tumble in India (VIDEO)

News DeskOctober 17, 2012 14:18

"The Prime Minister was spread-eagled and broke her fall with her hands."

Air Canada flight crew, passengers help rescue stranded Aussie sailor

David TrifunovOctober 17, 2012 13:56

Passengers passed the flight crew binoculars to aid their search as the plane dropped to 3,700 feet.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard misogyny speech rewrites dictionary (VIDEO)

David TrifunovOctober 17, 2012 10:20

“If he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn’t need a motion in the House of Representatives; he needs a mirror,” Gillard said.

Enormous radio satellite begins scanning the heavens in Western Australia (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodOctober 5, 2012 15:37

Using radio waves to determine how the universe began? Believe it: the enormous new Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder will use 36 40-foot-long antennas to monitor radio waves from space, in an ambitious scientific project that hopes to find out more about our planet's origins.

China angers Australia over support for Fiji

Adam Taylor, Business InsiderSeptember 28, 2012 16:40

Why is China's financial support of Fiji incensing Australia?

Qantas and Emirates to form major alliance

News DeskSeptember 6, 2012 19:44

As part of the deal, Qantas will move its hub for European flights from Singapore to Dubai.

Tasmanian devils may be getting nicer for survival, new study finds (VIDEO)

Faine GreenwoodSeptember 5, 2012 11:56

Tasmanian Devils, Australia's famously cantankerous predatoray marsupials, may be becoming kinder and gentler in the interest of survival.

Faine GreenwoodAugust 26, 2012 11:48

Australian solo island-dweller faces court eviction

Court rules Australia's "Robinson Crusoe," a former stock-broker, failed to build resort on remote island and thus violated conditions under which he received land

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A new study says that the world's tropical belt is expanding due to pollutants. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

An Australian man who's lived alone on a remote island since 1993 could face a court eviction from the land he holds a 43-year lease on, reported the Telegraph, in a curious twist in the tale of Australia's "Robinson Crusoe."