New ZealandGCSB links to NSA exposedNew documents released by Edward Snowden show New Zealand's GCSB closely enmeshed with some of the most controversial parts of the United States' spying apparatus.14 May 06:54 AM
World'Sick' racism or fair criticism?Right-wing French politicians were accused of racism yesterday after they attacked a black minister who failed to sing the national anthem at a public ceremony.12 May 08:45 PM
BusinessCrunch time for Abbott as Budget loomsTonight is make-or-break night for Prime Minister Tony Abbott as his Government reveals its first Budget to a nation that is expecting the worst.12 May 05:00 PM
WorldChaotic poll backs self-ruleThe volunteer in charge of the polling station was candid about the sort of election he admired.12 May 05:00 PM
WorldObama security put on neighbourhood watchMembers of Barack Obama's Secret Service team were repeatedly taken off their job in the middle of 2011.12 May 05:00 PM
WorldPM's pledges ringing in his earsThere's a scary echo in Prime Minister Tony Abbott's ear. As he weathers a storm of anger and protest before Tuesday's Budget - much of it within his own political bloc - he can hear his old familiar mantras repeating.09 May 05:00 PM
WorldMegamouth shark caught off the coast of JapanAn extremely rare female deep-water megamouth shark has been caught off the coast of Shizuoka in Japan, in what is believed to be only the 58th known sighting of the animal on record.09 May 04:23 AM
WorldNo great whites caught in cullMore than 170 sharks have been caught and 50 destroyed as part of Australia's controversial culling policy, government figures have revealed.08 May 12:12 AM
WorldLewinsky faults Hillary for affair stanceMonica Lewinsky has broken nearly a decade of silence to say she was "troubled" by Hillary Clinton's impulse to "blame the woman".07 May 05:00 PM
World'Yes We Can' to 'Control+Alt+Delete'President Barack Obama poked fun at the press, his political rivals and his own healthcare policy, as he spoke at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.04 May 08:15 PM
WorldOpulence in the midst of povertyNicholas Ngonyama gazes across the valley to a palatial cluster of buildings whose thatched roofs glow in the autumn sunshine.04 May 05:00 PM
WorldUkraine declares 'war' on insurgentsUkraine's Government said yesterday that the country was now at war with pro-Russia insurgents.04 May 05:00 PM
OpinionGreg Ansley: Report calls for Aussie health and welfare cutsThe Australian Government's "framework" for its economic policy has finally been released in the report of its special commission of audit that recommends vast cuts to spending on health, welfare and education.01 May 09:30 PM
WorldEast Ukraine on edge of anarchyThe men, most masked by balaclavas, many carrying baseball bats, some wearing sidearms, swarmed around the black Jeep Patriot.01 May 05:00 PM
OpinionKathy Marks: 'Electoral suicide' and only a drop in the deficit bucketIn one fell swoop, Tony Abbott has angered his own backbenchers, alienated his core supporters and earned stinging criticism from economists and the press, writes Kathy Marks.30 Apr 05:00 PM
WorldAbbott's levy brings furious condemnation from allPrime Minister Tony Abbott, already forced to water down his "signature" paid parental leave scheme.30 Apr 05:00 PM
WorldEx-leader's male breast cancer stigmaFormer New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner's "brave" revelation that he has undergone a mastectomy will help to break down the stigma around male breast cancer.30 Apr 05:00 PM
WorldTutu 'glad' Mandela is deadRetired archbishop Desmond Tutu has said he is happy Nelson Mandela is dead - so he does not have to see what South Africa’s current leaders are doing to the country.27 Apr 07:43 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Aussie trade deals hold risks for NZAustralia is on track to notch what experts are calling an "Asia Inc" trade trifecta.22 Apr 09:45 PM
WorldCat app top priority for Abbott officialsThe Australian government used up more than 130 pages of correspondence talking about a viral web plug-in that replaces pictures of their Prime Minister with ‘cute kittens’.22 Apr 08:53 PM
