Australia's new PM Tony Abbott's old ties with IndiaAbbott as prime minister is keen to strengthen bonds with “the rising superpower of Asia” and is also eager to host his counterpart on Aust...
19 Sep, 2013, 04.31 AM IST
Australia passes controversial immigration law amendmentThe moves is aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers showing up on Australia's shore illegally through sea route.
16 May, 2013, 02.26 PM IST
Australia should focus on India, not China: Former PM John HowardAustralia should not be mesmerised by China's growth and focus on India, "a sleeping giant", former prime minister John Howard has said.
25 Oct, 2012, 02.45 PM IST
- Australian government accused of being slow on pushing ties with India
"For too long, the India-Aus relationship remained unfulfilled. Bilateral ties are vacillating between sporadic periods of engagement and e...
11 Sep, 2012, 12.47 PM IST
- ICC Vice president post: Racial divide deepens
The racial divide within the cricketing world deepened on Friday, with Australia and New Zealand making it clear that they’d continue to ba...
03 Jul, 2010, 01.58 AM IST
- Australia reverses decision to sell uranium
In a major setback for India, Australia’s new Labour government has reversed the John Howard regime’s decision to sell uranium to India.
16 Jan, 2008, 12.54 AM IST
- Australian central bank hikes interest rate
Australia's central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates by 0.25 points to an 11-year high of 6.75 per cent in a move that could deal a ...
07 Nov, 2007, 07.00 AM IST
- Australia to sell uranium to Russia
Australia and Russia signed a nuclear safeguards agreement on Friday to allow the export of Australian uranium to Russia for use in its civ...
07 Sep, 2007, 09.20 AM IST
- Australia-Russia sign uranium deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Friday signed a landmark deal for the export of uranium to Ru...
07 Sep, 2007, 08.00 AM IST
- 'No sale of uranium to Russia without guarantees'
Australia will not approve the sale of its uranium to Russia until it is assured that the nuclear fuel would not be sold to hostile countri...
06 Sep, 2007, 08.30 AM IST
- China's Hu departs for Australian state visit, APEC summit
Chinese President Hu Jintao left on Monday for a seven-day state visit to Australia that will include attending the Asia-Pacific Economic C...
03 Sep, 2007, 09.50 AM IST
- Howard speaks to PM on uranium sale
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convey his government's decision regarding sale o...
16 Aug, 2007, 06.11 PM IST
- Australia, India to discuss N-trade
Prime Minister John Howard said he would talk with his Indian counterpart later on Thursday over the expected sale of uranium to New Delhi ...
16 Aug, 2007, 11.57 AM IST
- Haneef visa: Aussi PM denies pressuring min
Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied pressurising the Immigration Minister into cancelling the visa of Mohammed Haneef or leaking i...
24 Jul, 2007, 10.40 AM IST
- Haneef Visa: PM denies pressuring min
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday denied pressurising the Immigration Minister into canceling the visa of Mohammed Haneef or...
24 Jul, 2007, 10.23 AM IST
- NRI doc arrested in link with UK terror plot
An Indian doctor has been arrested and another physician is being questioned by police in connection with the foiled terror attacks in Lond...
03 Jul, 2007, 10.26 AM IST
- Australian support for India joining APEC
The Australian Labor Party, leading Prime Minister John Howard's conservatives in opinion polls in an election year, declared its support T...
29 Mar, 2007, 10.25 AM IST