December 10, 2015 Australia resolute on asylum policy Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday said he made "absolutely no apology" for his hardline new policy on asylum-seekers under which they are sent to Papua New Guinea.
December 10, 2015 US says bombs dropped on Australia reef to avoid boats The United States military said Monday it had jettisoned four unarmed bombs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef during a training exercise only because civilian boats had strayed into the drop zone.
December 10, 2015 Australian PM insists no argument with Indonesia Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday said he was confident his government could work with Indonesia despite a senior Jakarta official calling his controversial asylum-seeker policy "offensive".
December 10, 2015 Australia's Abbott in 'sex appeal' blunder Australia's opposition leader, accused last year of misogyny in a blistering speech by then-prime minister Julia Gillard, was under fire Tuesday after touting the "sex appeal" of an election candidate.
December 10, 2015 Australian Labor powerbrokers acted corruptly: inquiry Criminal charges were Wednesday recommended against two former high-profile Australian Labor ministers over corruption allegations following an explosive inquiry that gripped Sydney for months.
December 10, 2015 Snake on plane grounds Qantas flight A tiny snake as slender as a pen forced the grounding of a Japan-bound Qantas flight in the Australian city of Sydney overnight, stranding hundreds of passengers.
December 10, 2015 Malaysia Airlines searchers say they'll deploy sub to search for jet wreckage An autonomous submarine was to be dispatched to the bottom of the Indian Ocean Monday evening after search crews failed to detect any more signals believed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's black boxes.
December 10, 2015 Australia adamant boatpeople policy working Australia remained adamant its asylum-seeker policy was working despite another boat sinking and nearly 3,000 arrivals since the ruling Labor party announced a new hardline stance last month.
December 10, 2015 Australian prime minister faces challenge from within own party Australia's embattled Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday that he and his deputy will urge the ruling party to reject calls for a leadership ballot next week that could potentially oust them in a bid to turn around the government's dismal opinion polling.
December 10, 2015 New Aussie PM says job now is to keep public trust Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott said Friday the time to savour victory was over, telling his party they had won the trust of Australia and their job now was to keep it.
