Oceania News

Feral camels in the Australian outback are reviled as pests. Yet they thrive, totaling some one million strong.

In this map provided on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

Australia's immigration minister dismissed on Wednesday United Nations ' criticism of its asylum seeker policy, even as fresh evidence emerged of abuses at one of its detention centers in Papua New Guinea.

Director Aaron Wilson with actors Khan Chittenden and Tzu-yi Mo . Never mind a minute's silence to remember Australia's fallen.

An autonomous underwater vehicle is brought back aboard the Australian ship Ocean Shield after a search mission for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean on Saturday, April 19. Searchers are combing thousands of square miles of the ocean for signs of Flight 370, which disappeared March 8. A Royal Malaysian Air Force ... (more)

Newcrest Mining's chief operating officer Sandeep Biswas will take over as the gold producer`s chief executive and managing director from July 4. Mr Biswas, the former chief executive at Rio Tinto-owned Pacific Aluminium, started with Newcrest in January with the expectation that he would succeed current CEO and MD Greg Robinson in the later half ... (more)

Gallipoli, Turkey: Australian authorities believe Prince Charles is likely to attend the 100th anniversary Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli in 2015.

The article previously published by the Herald in January 2009 acknowledged the life and achievements of Sir Edmund Hillary.

Australia's Crown Resorts Ltd is set to bid for a $2 billion casino complex in Las Vegas, according to media report, underscoring the Melbourne-based casino operator's ambition to expand to more markets.

Illness has forced Lorde to postpone a tour of Australia that was scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 24. The Australian promoter Frontier Touring issued a statement saying Lorde will return to her native New Zealand for "immediate rest and recuperation in order to regain complete health and continue touring for the rest of the year."

CHURCHGOERS in Black Bourton, Brize Norton and Carterton are being asked to play a part in celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the ordination of their former vicar.

Kate and Prince George enjoy a bit of sun and a stroll at Government House, Yarralumla, Canberra, on Monday.

I am going to start by exploring resilience at a community level, then what we can do in the household in my next piece.

The National Government's asset sale programme is complete but the debate about the process just won't go away.

More than 2000 families will have returned home from the Easter break to find they had been burgled, and Act says it is the only New Zealand political party offering a serious solution.

Life is just fine for many Kiwis living in Australia who say they have nothing to moan about after crossing the Tasman in search of a better life.

Images obtained exclusively by Fairfax Media reveal the violence unleashed by PNG guards on asylum seekers detained on Manus Island in mid-February.

One for the road: Young Aussies and Kiwis gather on Backpacker Street, Istanbul before heading to Galipolli.

Mitsui will put its investment might into the WA grains industry as the centrepiece of an "aggressive and bold" move to become a major player in Australian agriculture.

The underwater drone scanning for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 finished its seventh mission Sunday, having covered about half its intended territory without finding any sign of the missing plane.