Senior Liberal Frontbencher Tony Abbot was banned from Parliament for 24 hours yesterday after the Speaker of the house became annoyed by his wandering around in front of the Coalition frontbench. Abbot was standing and talking to coalition colleagues as Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard used an answer during question time ...

Australians job seekers are dropping out of the workforce s the number of full time positions continues to decline. 30,800 full-time jobs disappeared from the economy last month whilst the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.8 percent according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released yesterday. The jobless rate was ...

Following a spate of violent attacks in Melbourne, Indian student enrolments are expected to plummet by up to 50 percent next year, comprising of current students and potential students. The shortfall is expected to cost the Victorian economy tens of millions of dollars. It is feared that it could take years to ...