Oceania News

Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for around two weeks in Australia's inhospitable Outback on a diet of insects, police said Friday.

A look into how some of New Zealand's biggest volcanoes erupted hundreds of years ago could help predict lava flows for future eruptions.

A decision to allow a Timaru job seeker the right to see the CVs of people who beat him to a job could have wide reaching implications for employers and job seekers, says a leading law firm.

Ed Reynolds is on a quest to travel to all 193 countries in the United Nations. He's already been to 187, and he hopes to have visited the rest by the summer.

Ms Collins is naive if she believes the actions and comments of a Cabinet minister will not be used by the company to promote its products.

MasterChef New Zealand judge Josh Emett remembers that as a young boy, his sun protection amounted to pulling on a pair of shorts and running around half-naked during the summer months.

The agreement between MTN and NewSat considerably enhances the satellite coverage and throughput for MTN customers in and Oceania.

South Australia is in flux. Labor will lose power; the mining boom is ending; Holden is leaving.

Mr Palmer said there was a break-in late Wednesday at Coroneo and Co, the advertising firm he uses in Brisbane.

A bill to repeal foreign ownership restrictions on Australian carrier Qantas passed the lower house of parliament on Thursday, but it faces defeat in the Senate with the Labor opposition fearing jobs will go offshore.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed they were aware of the death of a New Zealander in Korea, and consular staff from MFAT and the New Zealand Embassy in Seoul were providing support and assistance to the family.

Two men will stand trial over the murder of a South Australian man who disappeared from Nelson, in south-west Victoria, last year.

Australian military commanders at Multi National Base - Tarin Kot lay wreaths at the memorial during the ceremony for the fallen : Lieutenant Colonel Mick Bye, Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Regiment Task Force; Colonel Wade Stothart, Commander Combined Team - Uruzgan; Lieutenant Colonel 'M', CO Special Operations Task Group; and Wing Commander ... (more)

A Coolgardie publican who yesterday apologised after she barred service to Aboriginal customers could be in breach of the Racial Discrimination Act.

THE State Opposition has backflipped over the bikie ban. So what would bikies be allowed to do under a Labor government? AMA's Steve Hambleton will discuss doctors' concerns at a meeting with Health Minister Lawrence Springborg tonight.

Pop superstar Katy Perry left Australian TV presenters in hysterics on Tuesday when she mispronounced the names of some of the country's most famous cities while reading the weather forecast.

Pop superstar Katy Perry left Australian TV presenters in hysterics on Tuesday when she mispronounced the names of some of the country's most famous cities while reading the weather forecast.

Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has condemned the international community's "neglect" of the voices of the Papuan people in protest over the repression by Indonesia for four decades.

For somebody who is often seen to be "slamming" an unfavourable study, or "hitting back" at research showing complementary medicine in a negative light, Carl Gibson is in a less belligerent mood today.

In 1977 an attractive 27-year-old blonde named Robyn Davidson set out to walk from Alice Springs to Uluru and then across the Gibson Desert to the Indian Ocean with only four camels and a dog for company.