Australia - The News from Australia

It's the too-good-to-be-true, especially-in-a-global-recession job you've been waiting for: Get a six-month salary of $150,000, live rent-free in a multimillion-dollar beach house, snorkel and hike all day on a beautiful island, and just blog about it.

A historic moment happened in Australia when the government issued a formal apology for the treatment of the country's Aboriginal people.

A primer on Australia's leaders, geography, demographics, economy, military, infrastructure, and more.