In the past four years 85 South Australian children have been removed from harm thanks to a joint federal-state investigative team working to combat the scourge of child sexual abuse. Since the Join Anti Child Exploitation Team was established in 2015, it has launched 508 investigations. Its work came into sharp focus recently with the arrest of Adelaide serial sex offender ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration considered imposing tariffs on imports from Australia last week, but decided against the move amid fierce opposition from military officials and the State Department, according to several people familiar with the discussions. Some of President Trump’s top trade advisers had urged the tariffs as a response to a surge of Australian aluminum flowing onto the ...

Scott Morrison has declared “stepping up is all about showing up” as he unveiled the latest plank of the Australian government’s Pacific strategy during a visit to the Solomon Islands. The prime minister’s visit – the first by an Australian leader to the island nation since 2008 – comes as key regional powers meet in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue. China’s ...

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has joined one of the world’s biggest investment firms, KKR & Co, as a global senior adviser. The appointment is effective from 1 June, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said in a statement. KKR is one of the world’s biggest private equity firms and is responsible for some of the biggest international buy-out deals in history. ...

It’s not just the discomfort of the tightening cuff, it is the fear your GP may give you a medical reality check. Much like a test result at school, a blood pressure result can feel immovable, inevitable and baffling. Cryptic combinations of numbers like 145/90 or 120/80 tell you how well you have done and what your prospects may be. ...

Ahead of Australia’s general election on May 18, one party had campaigned on the idea that politics and the economy were rigged in favour of the elites. It attacked its opponent relentlessly for siding with the “top end of town.” It insisted that things needed to be shaken up to stop serving multinational corporations and vested interests. That party lost. ...

NASA has signed a world-first deal with a private Australian spaceport to launch rockets in 2020. Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory will become the first privately-owned site outside the US to launch NASA rockets. Equatorial Launch Australia chief executive Carley Scott said the exciting deal was the “single most important event to date” in putting the Australian space ...

An Irish family who have been living in Australia for a decade are calling for help to avoid deportation after their Australian-born son, who has cystic fibrosis, was deemed to be a burden on taxpayers. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on home affairs minister Peter Dutton to intervene and grant the Hyde family residency, after their appeal for ...

SYDNEY: Australia’s military has confirmed that Navy pilots were targeted with lasers during flights in the hotly contested South China Sea, with informal Chinese militia vessels believed to be behind the attacks. Beijing has become more assertive in the area, stoking tensions with rival claimants in Southeast Asia as well as Canberra and Washington – traditionally the dominant naval and air ...

The resources minister Matt Canavan has shrugged off Australia’s trend of rising emissions, saying the industry responsible for the growth is gas, and Australian gas exports reduce carbon emissions in other countries. After a government report to the United Nations showed Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise in 2018, Canavan told Sky News people needed to take a “balanced ...