Tony Abbott

Australia to expand on security crackdown with tougher new laws

SYDNEY: Australia will expand a crackdown on Islamist militant groups with more tough security legislation,… Read More

10 years ago

Australians sick of being lectured by UN: PM

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott lashed out at criticism over Australia's treatment of asylum-seekers on… Read More

10 years ago

Australia to return India its stolen Buddha's statue

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott agrees to return the famous Indian sculpture of Buddha to… Read More

11 years ago

Australia PM offers sympathy after Peshawar attack

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday offered sympathy to Pakistan after a deadly Taliban… Read More

11 years ago

Sea of flowers as Sydney siege hostages mourned

SYDNEY: Tearful Sydney office workers and Muslim women in hijabs laid flowers Tuesday at the… Read More

11 years ago

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

SYDNEY: Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning and freed… Read More

11 years ago

Sydney cafe gunman mentally unstable: Abbott

SYDNEY: An Iranian-born gunman who took hostages in a Sydney cafe was infatuated with extremism… Read More

11 years ago

Islamic flag on show as hostages held in Sydney cafe

SYDNEY: A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a… Read More

11 years ago

Australia toughens up immigration but lets in more refugees

SYDNEY: Australia's conservative government on Friday further tightened immigration laws by introducing controversial temporary visas… Read More

11 years ago

Australia prepares to bid farewell to Hughes

MACKSVILLE: Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died from an injury suffered in a domestic match… Read More

11 years ago

Screaming fans dub India's Modi a 'rock star' in Australia

SYDNEY: Thousands of rapturous supporters Monday flocked to hear a public address by Narendra Modi… Read More

11 years ago

Australia to sign civil nuclear deal with India; imposes Russia ban

SYDNEY: Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he hoped to sign a deal… Read More

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