The classified historic town–population around 400–is 49 km north of Hobart and marks the start of the Silhouette Trail on The Heritage Highway.

The asylum seekers originally insisted on travelling further to New Zealand in their small yacht.

I have lived in Australia all my life and, like most Australians, know all too well the dangers of hitchhiking.

The Australian Government awarded Woodside Petroleum three exploration leases 260 kilometres off the Western Australian coastline, just to the west of Rowley Shoals.

Eight Falun Gong practitioners and two other Chinese asylum-seekers had a closed-door meeting in Darwin with immigration officials today, as they tossed up whether to continue [...]

A group of 10 Chinese nationals claiming to be members of the persecuted spiritual group Falun Dafa have arrived in Darwin by boat, and are planning to apply for asylum.

Shen Yun premieres its Australian leg of the 2012 World Tour at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne, on Wednesday April 11.

Boats holding more than 1,500 asylum seekers have been intercepted on their way to Australia this year.

On first appearance, the tram looks surprisingly tiny, too small for use in the mining industry.

Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that the number of men teaching in the non-government sector has grown by 25 per cent since 2001.