Trove of data on offshore accounts prompts probe, questions
The release of a vast trove of documents and data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful people around the world is raising questions over the widespread use…
Australia government
Party ousts Australian PM Abbott for more moderate rival
By ROD McGUIRK Australia’s ruling conservatives ousted beleaguered Prime Minister Tony Abbott as party leader Monday evening in a change that could signal a different Australian response to climate change…
Malaysian premier: plane debris to be sent to France
By GREG KELLER and SYLVIE CORBET A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370…
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST WOMAN LEADER SURPRISED BY SEXISM
By ROD McGUIRK Journalist Anne Summers, left, gestures while she chats with former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard prior to an interview at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia,…
AUSTRALIA’S NEW PM MAKES MAIDEN TRIP TO INDONESIA
By ALI KOTARUMALOS Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, left, speaks to Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, after a joint press conference after their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta,…
AUSTRALIA’S NEW GOV’T VOWS TO SCRAP CARBON TAX
By ROD McGUIRK Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott meets with Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson, in Sydney Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. A new government prepared to take control of Australia on…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…