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Researchers from Australia National University have discovered the oldest colors on record — 1.1 billion-year-old bright pink pigments extracted from rocks beneath the Sahara desert.

A shark grabbed an Australian woman’s finger and dragged her into the water while she hand-fed it fish from a yacht on the country’s northwestern coast.

Contents: Australia passes foreign influence laws, targeting China; China’s tech giant Huawei considered a threat to Australia’s security; China activists accuse Australia of anti-China racism

A Palestinian aid group that employs and supports the leader of an Islamic terrorist group in Gaza is being funded by Australian taxpayers, it has been alleged.

This week’s Delingpole includes James’s conversation with Chloe Westley, campaign manager at The TaxPayers’ Alliance (@lowtaxchloe on Twitter), about why tariffs are bad.

The head of Qatar Airways has issued “heartfelt apologies” for saying that a woman could not do his job because it was too challenging.

Australia has demanded assurances from the Palestinian Authority that Aus­tralian aid has not funded payments to terrorist “martyrs” or their families.

The Netherlands and Australia are holding the government of Russia legally responsible for providing pro-Moscow separatists the missile system used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people onboard, including an American citizen.

Contents: Australia-China relations in crisis after revelation of Chinese bribery scandal; Andrew Hastie’s explosive speech identifying Chau Chak-wing; China blames Australia and threatens retaliation

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) told the Tennessean on Monday afternoon that he turned down a recent offer from the Trump administration to become the United States Ambassador to Australia.

An Australian professor has been fired for telling the truth about the Great Barrier Reef: that it’s not being destroyed by man-made climate change and that the “science” claiming otherwise is bunk.

‘Sexuality expert’ and author Deanne Carson has attracted mass ridicule after suggesting babies should “give consent” to having their nappies/diapers changed by their parents. Speaking to ABC News (Australia), Carson was asked what age clients she works with. She replied:

Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton sees an uncertain future for many of the 1,305 refugees currently warehoused in Papua New Guinea and the island of Nauru. “We continue to talk to third countries, but let me tell you, there are very few prospects, if any, on the horizon,” he said on Monday.

The self-described second ‘wife’ of a convicted Islamic State terrorist recruiter who refused to stand for an Australian judge has been convicted of disrespectful behaviour.

China recently installed anti-ship cruise missiles in the South China Sea, sparking concern and a warning of “consequences” from the United States.

Crikey! Australian eyebrows shot skywards after French President Emmanuel Macron called Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife “delicious” in Sydney on Wednesday.

Professor Clive Hamilton of Australia’s Charles Sturt University spoke to the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China on Thursday, warning that China is waging a “campaign of psychological warfare” against vital American allies like Australia, using tactics such as “subversion, cyber intrusions, and harassment on the high seas.”

Prospective U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to change President Donald Trump’s choice for the ambassadorial post in Australia, top Adm. Harry Harris, and “re-nominate” him for the South Korea envoy position instead, the Washington Post (WaPo) reported this week.

AFP — Thousands of Australians gathered in the pre-dawn chill on the Somme in northern France on Wednesday for a poignant ceremony in memory of the soldiers who fought and died on the Western Front, a century on from the

A local council in Sydney wants to reduce the use of foreign words on shopfront signs in an effort to standardize English language usage in public precincts.

A dog proved his loyalty to mankind Friday night when he stuck by a three-year-old girl lost in the woodlands of Australia.

The Australian Army has issued a directive that prohibits soldiers from wearing “death” symbols in combat, declaring the practice  arrogant, ill-considered and deterimental to the ethos of the armed forces.

Australian Senator Eric Abetz ‏argues the country’s embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and took part in a recent television debate to push his point.

Australia has a “perfect right” to sail naval assets through the South China Sea and a recent robust exchange in the disputed waters is symbolic of that fact, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.

Australia is laying the legislative groundwork necessary to welcome persecuted South African farmers who face a targeted campaign of violence at home, the country’s top legal officer said.

A Canadian citizen arrested for trying to smuggle $21 million in cocaine into Australia blamed her addiction to Instagram selfies for her crime.

Hanna Dickenson, a 24-year-old Australian woman, collected money from both family and friends by pretending to be suffering from cancer in order to fund years of benders and vacations.

Australia’s Fairfax Media revealed on Monday that China is planning to build a permanent military base on the island of Vanuatu, which would put Chinese warships on “Australia’s doorstep.” Officials from Vanuatu disputed the claim, insisting their country will remain non-aligned.

An Australian trade union organizer has been suspended amid claims he ran a fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page that siphoned off  hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations.

A Sydney barber has been sued by a woman after refusing to cut her daughter’s hair on the grounds that he was only trained to cut men’s hair.

The premier of the Australian state of New South Wales State has initiated a national discussion on the inviolability of the Catholic “seal of confession” following a Royal Commission recommendation that priests be required to divulge any sexual abuse of children heard in the confessional.

Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says it’s “unquestionable” some white South African farmers are being persecuted and his department is looking into specific cases.

The Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has warned that staying in the EU’s Customs Union after Brexit would render Britain “irrelevant”.

Australia wants to begin negotiating a new trade deal with the UK on “day one” of Brexit next year and put it into effect on January 1, 2021.

Dozens of whales tragically died on the southwestern tip of Australia in the wee hours of Thursday morning.

Contents: Turkey’s government takes control of last remaining independent news source; South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation