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A beach vacation in the midst of World War II turned tragic for 40 U.S. soldiers, and the circumstances of their deaths in a plane crash in Australia was long kept a military secret.
Australia's foreign minister said Thursday that the United States did not ask for more troops for Afghanistan during annual talks among the foreign and defense ministers from the two countries.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday after meeting with President Barack Obama that his country is committed to keeping Afghanistan from becoming a haven for terrorists. Both leaders, however, sidestepped the contentious issue of whether Australia would be asked to send more troops.
The White House says Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit Washington next month.
New Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and President Bush are showing signs of a burgeoning diplomatic friendship: Rudd calls the president "George," while Bush describes Rudd to reporters as a "fine lad" and a "straightforward fella."
Australia's new foreign minister said Monday that his government's pledge to pull combat troops out of Iraq will not hurt its relationship with the United States, which he called indispensable to Australian security.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday denied having a political motive when he said terrorists in Iraq would be praying for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama to become U.S. president.
Avoid the Question - the Politician's SpinThe art of evading difficult questions is a time-honoured tactic by politicians in Australia and the world over.
Rudd's will to power - Alan KohlerThe simplest, most effective way for Australia to meet any carbon emissions reduction targets that might be set in 2010, once the failed Copenhagen process is put back on track, is to replace two Latrobe Valley brown coal generators with gas.
Premier hurls a political hand grenade into the conference hallNO ONE in Nathan Rees's parliamentary team had any idea about the bombshell he was about to drop just after 11.30am on Saturday. This was Rees the caucus loner once again.
The truth is out there........ somewhere.With the tabling of the highly controversial Emissions Trading Scheme, the public debate on climate change is heating up. Some may call this a test of character for our current government. It is certainly polarising many people in their opinions.
Australia: ban TV for under-twos The recommendations suggest that children aged two to five should watch no more than one hour of television a day
Victim Tripodi weighs down sinking Labor shipTripodi wanted nothing more than to run Labor's head office after he took over Young Labor with his ex-girlfriend Reba Meagher in his mid-20s. But former general secretary John Della Bosca told Tripodi he could not become state organiser.
Water in the north is a dry argument A CENTURY of grand ambitions for a northern Australian food bowl has been dealt a new blow by a CSIRO study that has found rainfall too transient and storage too difficult to support Murray-Darling-style development.
Chemical castration 'like the death penalty'A recent spate of stories about sex offenders has put chemical castration back in the spotlight, sparking ethical concerns and warnings about its effectiveness.
Hackers show PM what censorship is. Hackers shut down Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website in protest over proposed filter plan that would censor the internet. They hackers have gained a lot of publicity over this issue now and hopefully the idea for a filter for the internet does not go ahead...
World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metal exports. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. 5:58PM BST 24 Aug 2009A draft report by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium.
Horse-trading beat grandiose sentiments and ETS idealsFOR all the lofty rhetoric about policy design, in the end passage of the government's renewable energy target came down to a horse-trade over industry exemptions. And in three months, the emissions trading scheme will be debated in exactly the same way.
Senate votes down carbon emissions trading schemeTHE Coalition, the Greens and the two crossbench senators have joined forces to block the Government's emissions trading scheme in the Senate. The 11 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme bills were voted down just after 11:15.
Olympic Dam impact grossly underestimatedPLANS for the world's largest mine at Olympic Dam grossly underestimate its environmental impact, the Greens say.
Renowned jurist argues for Australian bill of rights | The AustralianIt's no drain on the brain to see that this is a potential carbon sink we need to exploreWe never never seem to learn - On Line Opinion - 9/7/2009We never never seem to learn By Rollo Manning - posted Thursday, 9 July 2009 Sign Up for free e-mail updates!
Australian unlike its closest ally the United States of America does not have a 'Bill of Rights'. Even though Australia has signed all five international treaties that make up the the International Bill of Human Rights, none of these treaties are legally binding in Australia.
Democracy has long odds in a stacked house - On Line Opinion - 6/7/2009Across modern democracies, there have been increasing public complaints that executive government is too powerful and too dominant.
Man is but a reed, the feeblest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him. A vapour or a drop of water is enough to kill him.
Why stimulus packages will come back to bite us: KohlerThe Bank for International Settlements has four specific ideas for ensuring that this sort of thing (the global financial crisis) doesn't happen again.
Notionally national | The Australian"NATIONS are notions. A constitution comes second or fourth or nowhere. Some countries, like England, manage without one."
Char GrilledOnce considered blue sky technology, there's a growing view that biochar is Australia's great black hope in the fight against climate change.
Obama breaks free-trade vowUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has started a dairy subsidy war with Europe that could spiral out of control and decimate Australia's dairy farmers.
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