December 11, 2015 Arthur sues Australia for racial discrimination Australia's first foreign-born coach Mickey Arthur confirmed he was suing Cricket Australia for racial discrimination after being dumped from the job, while blasting the leaking of explosive case details to the media.
December 11, 2015 Abbott outlines harsh Australia refugee plan The conservative frontrunner to become Australia's next prime minister declared "this is our country" as he launched a harsh new temporary visa policy Friday that would strip boatpeople of basic rights.
December 11, 2015 Australians should be told of boat turn-backs: ex-navy chief A retired Australian navy chief, who once led the turning back of asylum-seeker boats, Tuesday criticised the government's decision to keep operations to repel vessels under wraps.
December 11, 2015 Australia nurse gets life sentence for nursing home fire A nurse who set a Sydney nursing home on fire, killing 11 residents and wounding several others, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, with the judge slamming the man's actions as heinous and reprehensible.
December 11, 2015 New Australia PM vows tougher border controls Australia's new prime minister Tony Abbott said Monday his tougher border protection scheme, with the navy towing asylum-seeker boats back to Indonesia, would begin as soon as his government was sworn in.
December 11, 2015 Australian PM on defensive over asylum seekers Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was forced onto the defensive on the key election issue of asylum seekers Saturday, three weeks ahead of national polls, with cracks appearing in his hardline refugee policy.
December 11, 2015 Australia ends search for missing boatpeople Australian rescue authorities on Sunday said a search for eight people missing after a boat carrying 97 asylum-seekers sank in remote seas had ended, with little chance anyone would be found alive.
December 11, 2015 Green light for Titanic tycoon's Aussie dinosaur park Eccentric Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer was Thursday given the green light to build "the world's biggest" park of giant robotic dinosaurs, despite hundreds of objections filed by local residents.
December 11, 2015 Brumbies end Lions unbeaten run days from Test The British and Irish Lions crashed to their first loss on tour in Australia Tuesday when they were upset 14-12 by the tenacious ACT Brumbies just days out from the opening Test against the Wallabies.
December 10, 2015 Scrum dominance pivotal to Lions series outcome Wallaby hooker Stephen Moore on Friday said the referee and dominating the scrum held the key to victory in Saturday's series decider against the British and Irish Lions.